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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ASU1770130670)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-3
Company Score Before Incident538 / 1000
Company Score After Incident535 / 1000
Company LinkView ASUS Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERASU1770130670
Type of Cyber IncidentVulnerability
ATTACK VECTORFile Shredder feature
DATA EXPOSEDNA
INCIDENT DATE01/02/2026
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of ASUS's Vulnerability and lateral movement inside company's environment.
  • Overview of affected data sets, including SSNs and PHI, and why they materially increase incident severity.
  • How Rankiteo’s incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score.
  • How this cyber incident impacts ASUS Rankiteo cyber scoring and cyber rating.
  • Rankiteo’s MITRE ATT&CK correlation analysis for this incident, with associated confidence level.

Full Incident Analysis Transcript

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the ASUS breach identified under incident ID ASU1770130670.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of ASUS's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asus, the number of followers: 1019062, the industry type: Computer Hardware Manufacturing and the number of employees: 16975 employees

After the initial compromise, the video explains how Rankiteo's incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score. The incident score before the incident was 538 and after the incident was 535 with a difference of -3 which is could be a good indicator of the severity and impact of the incident.

In the next step of the video, we will analyze in more details the incident and the impact it had on ASUS and their customers.

On 02 February 2026, ASUS disclosed Vulnerability issues under the banner "ASUS Discontinues File Shredder Feature After Critical Vulnerability Discovery".

ASUS has removed the File Shredder feature from its Business Manager software following the identification of a critical security flaw, CVE-2025-13348.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting ASUS Business Manager version 3.0.36.0 and earlier.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Removal of File Shredder feature from ASUS Business Manager, and began remediation that includes Users urged to upgrade to versions beyond 3.0.36.0, and stakeholders are being briefed through Security bulletin issued on February 2, 2026.

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as The incident underscores the importance of secure software development and timely vulnerability management, especially for features handling sensitive data deletion, and recommending next steps like Organizations using ASUS Business Manager should verify the absence of File Shredder in their installations, assess logs for prior exploitation, and consider alternative secure data deletion tools, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Users are urged to upgrade to versions beyond 3.0.36.0 to mitigate exposure.

Finally, we try to match the incident with the MITRE ATT&CK framework to see if there is any correlation between the incident and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

The MITRE ATT&CK framework is a knowledge base of techniques and sub-techniques that are used to describe the tactics and procedures of cyber adversaries. It is a powerful tool for understanding the threat landscape and for developing effective defense strategies.

MITRE ATT&CK® Correlation Analysis

Rankiteo's analysis has identified several MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques associated with this incident, each with varying levels of confidence based on available evidence. Under the Initial Access tactic, the analysis identified Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating critical security flaw, CVE-2025-13348...affects ASUS Business Manager version 3.0.36.0. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating file Shredder feature...posing significant exploitation risks. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating aSUS opted for a complete removal of the feature...Updated versions no longer include File Shredder. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating file Shredder feature...handling sensitive data deletion. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Exploit Public-Facing Application (80%)
Privilege Escalation
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (60%)
Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (90%)
Impact
Data Destruction (70%)

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