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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (COM1769288328)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-89
Company Score Before Incident661 / 1000
Company Score After Incident572 / 1000
Company LinkView Comcast Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERCOM1769288328
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDSensitive customer data
INCIDENT DATE31/12/2022
STATUSSettlement pending final approval

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Comcast'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 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 breach identified under incident ID COM1769288328.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Comcast's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/comcast, the number of followers: 748034, the industry type: Telecommunications and the number of employees: 60619 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 661 and after the incident was 572 with a difference of -89 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 and their customers.

Comcast recently reported "Comcast 2023 Data Breach Settlement", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A federal judge granted preliminary approval for a $117.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Comcast following a 2023 cyber intrusion that potentially exposed sensitive data of over 30 million current and former customers.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive customer data, with nearly 30 million records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of $117.5M settlement.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Settlement pending final approval, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Affected customers eligible for financial monitoring, identity theft protection, or cash payment.

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 confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating cyber intrusion that potentially exposed sensitive data and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating 30 million current and former customers data exposed. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive customer data potentially exposed and Brute Force (T1110) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating no details on attack vector, but large-scale breach. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive customer data...potentially exposed and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 30 million customers data compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data breach affecting 30 million customers and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no details on exfiltration method, but large-scale breach. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating cyber intrusion with potential data exposure and Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive customer data potentially exposed. 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 (50%)
Valid Accounts (60%)
Credential Access
Unsecured Credentials (60%)
Brute Force (40%)
Collection
Data from Local System (70%)
Data from Information Repositories (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (50%)
Impact
Data Destruction (30%)
Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (40%)

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