Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (BININSGOO1773253647)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Google's Cyber Attack 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 Google 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 Google breach identified under incident ID BININSGOO1773253647.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Google's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/google, the number of followers: 40050213, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 327709 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 437 and after the incident was 431 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 Google and their customers.
General Android users in Brazil recently reported "BeatBanker: The Dual-Mode Android Trojan Using Silent Audio to Steal Crypto and Bank Funds", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
Security researchers at Kaspersky have uncovered *BeatBanker*, a sophisticated Android Trojan targeting users in Brazil through a fake Google Play Store.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Android devices, and exposing Login credentials, wallet addresses, personally identifiable information, plus an estimated financial loss of Crypto and bank funds theft.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as Evolving tactics of mobile malware, particularly in regions with high digital banking adoption; importance of verifying app sources and permissions, and recommending next steps like Avoid downloading apps from unofficial sources, scrutinize app permissions, use multi-factor authentication, and monitor device performance for unusual 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.
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 Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating counterfeit website (*cupomgratisfoodshop*), mimicking the official Google Play Store and Deliver Malicious App via Authorized App Store (T1475) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating fake Google Play Store to distribute the *INSS Reembolso* app. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Download New Code at Runtime (T1407) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating beatBanker displays a fake system notification to maintain activity and Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism (T1626) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating exploiting accessibility permissions, often under false pretenses. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (T1547.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating silently running in the background and Event Triggered Execution: Emond (T1625) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating inaudible five-second audio loop to prevent the system from terminating its process. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism (T1626) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating exploiting accessibility permissions, often under false pretenses. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Debugger Evasion (T1622) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating inaudible five-second audio loop to prevent the system from terminating its process, Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users (T1564.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating silently running in the background, and Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading (T1635) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating fake overlays during transactions. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Adversary-in-the-Middle: DHCP Spoofing (T1557.003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating monitors browser activity in Chrome and Edge to harvest login credentials and Steal Application Access Token (T1636) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating fake overlays swapping the recipient’s wallet address with the attacker’s. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Application Window Discovery (T1418) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating when users open cryptocurrency apps like Binance or Trust Wallet, Clipboard Data (T1637) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating swapping the recipient’s wallet address with the attacker’s during transactions, and Audio Capture (T1429) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating bTMOB RAT...recording audio. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Remote Access Software (T1630) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating bTMOB RAT, a remote access tool that grants attackers full control. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating harvest login credentials...data exfiltration such as Yes and Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1646) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating bTMOB RAT...tracking GPS. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating performing a factory reset to erase evidence and Resource Hijacking (T1496) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating cryptocurrency mining to drain device resources. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Google Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/google/incident/BININSGOO1773253647
- Google CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/google
- Google Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/bininsgoo1773253647-binance-inss-google-cyber-attack-march-2026/
- Google CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/google/history
- Google CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://hackread.com/beatbanker-android-trojan-silent-audio-loop-crypto/
- 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