Continental Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (FRACONBLA1766997330)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Continental breach identified under incident ID FRACONBLA1766997330.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Continental's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/continental, the number of followers: 1903369, the industry type: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing and the number of employees: 68795 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 687 and after the incident was 484 with a difference of -203 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 Continental and their customers.

A newly reported cybersecurity incident, "Qakbot Malware Resurgence Post-FBI Takedown", has drawn attention.

Qakbot malware resurfaced with new 'spam bomb' attack tactics after the FBI's Operation Duck Hunt dismantled its infrastructure in August 2023.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Over 700,000 computers globally (200,000 in the US), and exposing Sensitive data exfiltrated and encrypted, plus an estimated financial loss of $58 million (ransomware-related losses).

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Seizure of 52 servers, $8.6 million in cryptocurrency confiscated (2023).

The case underscores how Ongoing (Threat actor remains at large), teams are taking away lessons such as Even high-profile law enforcement takedowns may only temporarily disrupt cybercriminal operations. Attackers adapt quickly, necessitating proactive defense strategies like endpoint protection and employee training, and recommending next steps like Invest in advanced antivirus and endpoint protection platforms, Implement employee training to recognize social engineering tactics and Enhance monitoring for suspicious activity.

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.

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: Spearphishing via Service (T1566.003) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating spam bomb attacks overwhelmed employees, followed by attackers posing as IT staff and Phishing (T1566) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating phishing (Spam Bomb Attacks) listed as attack vector. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating tricking victims into executing malicious code. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating system backdoors established post-compromise. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating credential harvesting listed as operational impact and Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating credentials listed as type of data compromised. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading (T1036) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating attackers posed as IT staff to trick victims and Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating qakbot evolved to more deceptive strategy. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating system backdoors imply lateral movement capability. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive data exfiltrated and PII harvested. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration such as Yes in ransomware section. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating data encryption such as Yes and ransomware deployment and Service Stop (T1489) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware typically disrupts services. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.