Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ETL1780280796)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Edu Tek Ltd.'s Vulnerability 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 Edu Tek Ltd. 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 Edu Tek Ltd. breach identified under incident ID ETL1780280796.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Edu Tek Ltd.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etltd, the number of followers: 528, the industry type: Information Technology & Services and the number of employees: 69 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 749 with a difference of -6 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 Edu Tek Ltd. and their customers.
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recently reported "CBSE’s On Screen Marking System Faces Cybersecurity Scrutiny Amid Data Exposure Claims", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is embroiled in a growing controversy over alleged cybersecurity lapses in its On Screen Marking (OSM) system, which critics say have exposed sensitive student data, including scanned answer sheets and question papers.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting On Screen Marking (OSM) system and AWS storage buckets, and exposing Sensitive student data, including scanned answer sheets and question papers, with nearly Over 2,000 scanned answer sheets and question papers records at risk.
In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Vulnerabilities in the service provider’s portal contained, and began remediation that includes Deployment of cybersecurity specialists, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public acknowledgment of vulnerabilities and thanks to ethical hackers.
The case underscores how Ongoing, and recommending next steps like Urgent security audit, Alternative grievance mechanisms and Deadline extensions for students, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering NHRC urged to intervene; reports sought from CBSE and Education Ministry.
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 to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating remote Code Execution (RCE) flaws via URLs in OSM portals and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating oSM portals developed by EduTek were fundamentally insecure. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts: Default Accounts (T1078.001) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating default passwords cited as a vulnerability in OSM portals and Brute Force: Password Cracking (T1110.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating weak MD5 hashing used in the system. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Cloud Service Discovery (T1526) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating misconfigured AWS storage buckets linked to CBSE. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Cloud Storage (T1530) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating unrestricted access to over 2,000 scanned answer sheets and question papers. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration via unrestricted downloads from AWS buckets and Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating remote Code Execution (RCE) flaws may enable C2 exfiltration. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating potential disruptions to admissions, scholarships, and educational opportunities and Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating scanned answer sheets and question papers exposed. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts: Default Accounts (T1078.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating default passwords used to evade detection and Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (T1140) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating weak MD5 hashing may obscure data access. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Edu Tek Ltd. Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/etltd/incident/ETL1780280796
- Edu Tek Ltd. CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/etltd
- Edu Tek Ltd. Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/etl1780280796-edutek-vulnerability-may-2026/
- Edu Tek Ltd. CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/etltd/history
- Edu Tek Ltd. CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/cbse-crisis-deepens-student-data-exposed-say-cyber-activists/articleshow/131431427.cms
- 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