Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MICBLA1772238300)
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Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of BlackFog's Ransomware 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 BlackFog 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 BlackFog breach identified under incident ID MICBLA1772238300.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of BlackFog's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackfog, the number of followers: 4241, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 29 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 461 and after the incident was 231 with a difference of -230 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 BlackFog and their customers.
A newly reported cybersecurity incident, "Emergence of Steaelite RAT for Double Extortion Attacks", has drawn attention.
Cybersecurity researchers at BlackFog uncovered Steaelite, a sophisticated remote access trojan (RAT) being sold on cybercrime forums.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Windows 10, Windows 11 (Android module in development), and exposing Browser-stored passwords, session cookies, application tokens, cryptocurrency wallet addresses.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how Ongoing, and recommending next steps like Organizations should enhance monitoring for RAT infections, implement multi-factor authentication, educate employees on phishing risks, and deploy endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. Cryptocurrency wallet security should be prioritized to prevent clipboard hijacking.
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 Phishing (T1566) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating attack vector such as Browser-based dashboard, phishing, or malicious downloads and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating malware targets Windows 10 and 11 systems via browser-based dashboard. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating malware automates data theft upon infection via malicious downloads and Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell (T1059.003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating remote code execution enabled via Primary Toolbar. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (T1547.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating persistence mechanisms included in Advanced Tools and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating hidden RDP access provided in Advanced Tools. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Process Injection (T1055) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating process manipulation enabled via Primary Toolbar. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating windows Defender disabling included in Advanced Tools and Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating marketed as fully undetectable RAT. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating harvests browser-stored passwords, session cookies, application tokens and Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating password recovery tools included in Primary Toolbar. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery: Local Account (T1087.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating clipboard monitoring and password recovery tools imply account discovery and Process Discovery (T1057) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating process manipulation enabled via Primary Toolbar. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating automates data theft upon infection, harvesting browser data, Screen Capture (T1113) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating live surveillance (webcam/microphone access) enabled, and Audio Capture (T1123) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating live surveillance (microphone access) enabled. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Remote Access Software (T1219) with high confidence (100%), supported by evidence indicating steaelite is a remote access trojan (RAT) with browser-based dashboard. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration confirmed; double extortion attacks enabled and Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating malware automates data theft before attacker interaction. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware deployment included in Advanced Tools, Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating client-to-victim chat enabled in Developer Tools, and Account Access Removal (T1531) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware module implies potential account lockout. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- BlackFog Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/blackfog/incident/MICBLA1772238300
- BlackFog CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/blackfog
- BlackFog Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/micbla1772238300-microsoft-blackfog-ransomware-february-2026/
- BlackFog CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/blackfog/history
- BlackFog CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/double_extortion_whammy_steaelite_rat/
- Rankiteo A.I CyberSecurity Rating methodology: https://www.rankiteo.com/Images/rankiteo_algo.pdf
- Rankiteo TPRM Scoring methodology: https://static.rankiteo.com/model/rankiteo_tprm_methodology.pdf