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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (COM1776178473)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-85
Company Score Before Incident755 / 1000
Company Score After Incident670 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERCOM1776178473
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORSoftware Vulnerability
DATA EXPOSEDUsernames, hashed passwords, contact details,...
INCIDENT DATE09/10/2023
STATUSSettlement reached

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC'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 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC 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 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC breach identified under incident ID COM1776178473.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/comcast-cable-communications-management-llc, the number of followers: 593, the industry type: Telecommunications and the number of employees: 134 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 755 and after the incident was 670 with a difference of -85 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 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC and their customers.

Comcast Cable Communications LLC recently reported "Comcast Data Breach Settlement: 31.6–35 Million Customers Affected", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A major data breach at Comcast Cable Communications LLC exposed sensitive information of 31.6 to 35 million customers, including usernames, hashed passwords, contact details, and partial Social Security numbers.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Usernames, hashed passwords, contact details, partial Social Security numbers, with nearly 31.6–35 million records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of Settlement payouts (up to $150 per affected customer).

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Breach notice sent to affected customers.

The case underscores how Settlement reached, teams are taking away lessons such as Financial and reputational risks due to cybersecurity failures, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Breach notice sent to affected customers; claims submission deadline: August 14, 2024.

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 high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating breach was caused by a software vulnerability. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating hashed passwords were exposed in the breach. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating usernames, hashed passwords, contact details, partial SSNs compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 31.6–35 million customers data exposed in breach and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating large-scale data exposure suggests possible exfiltration. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of data destruction, but breach caused significant impact and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating reputational risks due to cybersecurity failures. 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 (90%)
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores (80%)
Collection
Data from Local System (90%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (50%)
Impact
Data Destruction (30%)
Defacement: Internal Defacement (40%)

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