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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (FID1777381741)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-156
Company Score Before Incident781 / 1000
Company Score After Incident625 / 1000
Company LinkView Fidelity Investments Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERFID1777381741
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDSensitive personal information
INCIDENT DATE31/12/2023
STATUSResolved (settlement reached)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Fidelity Investments'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 Fidelity Investments 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 Fidelity Investments breach identified under incident ID FID1777381741.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Fidelity Investments's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fidelity-investments, the number of followers: 1273904, the industry type: Financial Services and the number of employees: 84396 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 781 and after the incident was 625 with a difference of -156 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 Fidelity Investments and their customers.

Fidelity Brokerage Services recently reported "Fidelity Brokerage Services 2024 Data Breach", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Fidelity Brokerage Services, a leading U.S.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive personal information, with nearly 77,000 records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of $1.25 million (settlement).

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Resolved (settlement reached).

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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating exposed sensitive personal information of approximately 77,000 customers and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating security of customer data within the financial sector. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive personal information...exposed and OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating data breach impacting 77,000 customers. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating exposed sensitive personal information of approximately 77,000 customers. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data breach impacting 77,000 customers and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating financial services firm with cloud-based systems. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating regulatory allegations tied to a 2024 data breach and Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive personal information exposed. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Valid Accounts (60%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
Credential Access
Unsecured Credentials (70%)
OS Credential Dumping (50%)
Collection
Data from Local System (80%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (50%)
Impact
Data Destruction (40%)
Stored Data Manipulation (30%)

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