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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (AVEOST1782772741)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-55
Company Score Before Incident766 / 1000
Company Score After Incident711 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERAVEOST1782772741
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORUnsanctioned AI Tool Usage, Lack of Visibility, Insufficient Governance
DATA EXPOSEDAI-generated data and enterprise data
INCIDENT DATE31/05/2025
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of AvePoint's Breach 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 AvePoint 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 AvePoint breach identified under incident ID AVEOST1782772741.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of AvePoint's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avepoint, the number of followers: 194167, the industry type: Data Security Software Products and the number of employees: 2653 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 766 and after the incident was 711 with a difference of -55 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 AvePoint and their customers.

On 29 June 2026, Global Enterprises (Surveyed by AvePoint and Osterman Research) disclosed Data Breach, Security Misconfiguration and Governance Failure issues under the banner "AI-Related Security Breaches Due to Lack of Visibility and Governance".

A report from AvePoint reveals that rapid AI adoption has led to increased security risks, governance gaps, and visibility issues.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting AI Agents, Generative AI Tools and Enterprise Data Storage, and exposing AI-generated data and enterprise data.

In response, and began remediation that includes Investments in data security for AI training (79.5%).

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as AI adoption requires a 'trust layer' with operational frameworks ensuring auditable, correctable outcomes. Visibility, enforceable governance, and control are critical to mitigating security risks, and recommending next steps like Invest in data security for AI training, Adopt AI Agent Management Platforms (AMPs) and Improve visibility into unsanctioned AI tool usage.

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 Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise via Third-Party Software (T1195.003) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including unsanctioned AI tool usage surges, and 21.1% of organizations cannot track unsanctioned AI agent usage and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), with evidence including aI agents bypassing human oversight, and unauthorized AI data access. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with lower confidence (40%), with evidence including aI agents making incorrect judgments, and unsanctioned AI tool usage. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Browser Extensions (T1176) with moderate confidence (50%), with evidence including unsanctioned AI tool usage surges, and aI agents incorporated into work processes. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control (T1548.002) with moderate confidence (50%), with evidence including aI agents bypassing human oversight, and unauthorized AI data access. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories (T1564.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 21.1% of organizations cannot track unsanctioned AI agent usage and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized AI data access reported by 72% of very confident organizations. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including aI-generated data reshaping enterprise storage, and 35.5% of enterprise data is AI-generated. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery: Cloud Account (T1087.004) with moderate confidence (50%), with evidence including unauthorized AI data access, and aI agents incorporated into work processes. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including aI-generated data and enterprise data compromised, and 35.5% of enterprise data is AI-generated and Data from Information Repositories: Code Repositories (T1213.003) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including aI agents making incorrect judgments, and aI-generated data reshaping storage. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including 89.5% of organizations experienced generative AI-related breaches, and 88.4% faced AI agent breaches and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including aI-generated data reshaping enterprise storage, and 84.1% manage at least 1 petabyte of data. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Resource Hijacking (T1496) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including aI agents replacing over 25% of human work in 12 months, and delayed AI deployments by 6 months and Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), with evidence including aI agents making incorrect judgments, and governance failures at scale. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise via Third-Party Software (60%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (40%)
Persistence
Browser Extensions (50%)
Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control (50%)
Defense Evasion
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories (70%)
Valid Accounts (60%)
Credential Access
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (60%)
Discovery
Account Discovery: Cloud Account (50%)
Collection
Data from Local System (80%)
Data from Information Repositories: Code Repositories (60%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (60%)
Impact
Resource Hijacking (60%)
Data Destruction (40%)