Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (HJU1768665139)

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 exploited a long-standing vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2010 and Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating dLL side-loading technique to deploy malware via Word installations. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating malware deployed through seemingly legitimate Word installations and System Services: Service Execution (T1569.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating dLL side-loading technique used for execution. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Event Triggered Execution: Accessibility Features (T1546.008) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating dLL side-loading via legitimate Word installations and Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading (T1574.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating dLL side-loading technique to deploy malware. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading (T1574.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating dLL side-loading technique used for privilege escalation. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location (T1036.005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating malware deployed through seemingly legitimate Word installations, Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading (T1574.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating dLL side-loading evaded traditional antivirus detection, and Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating attack evaded traditional antivirus detection. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating malware enabled threat actors to steal credentials. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery (T1087) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating lateral movement across networks implies account discovery and File and Directory Discovery (T1083) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating lateral movement across networks. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating move laterally across networks and Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares (T1021.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating lateral movement across networks. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (T1071.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating command-and-control (C2) infrastructure traced to Taiwanese servers and Proxy: External Proxy (T1090.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating c2 infrastructure suggests proxy usage. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating cyber espionage targeting military-grade UAV sector. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating steal credentials, network access, remote command execution and Automated Collection (T1119) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating cyber espionage targeting drone manufacturing sector. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.