Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (HON1780526772)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Honda's Ransomware 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 Honda 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 Honda breach identified under incident ID HON1780526772.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Honda's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/honda, the number of followers: 118013, the industry type: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing and the number of employees: 22650 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 800 and after the incident was 726 with a difference of -74 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 Honda and their customers.
Honda recently reported "Honda Hit by Global Cyberattack Disrupting Production Worldwide", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
Honda confirmed a cyberattack on its global network, disrupting operations across multiple regions, including the UK, North America, Turkey, Italy, and Japan.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Computer systems, Email and Critical infrastructure, and exposing No data breach occurred.
In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Production halted, efforts underway to restore functionality, while recovery efforts such as Some sites expected to resume operations later in the week continue.
The case underscores how Ongoing.
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 Attachment (T1566.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating suspected to involve COVID-19-themed phishing lures and Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating attack vector such as Phishing (COVID-19-themed lures). Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ekans (Snake) ransomware strain targeting industrial control systems. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating virus had spread across its network, affecting production, sales, and development. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including ekans (Snake) ransomware strain, and forced the automaker to halt production and Inhibit System Recovery (T1490) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating impacted Honda’s ability to access computer systems, email, and critical infrastructure. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading (T1036) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating cOVID-19-themed phishing lures used to exploit pandemic-related anxieties. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Honda Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/honda/incident/HON1780526772
- Honda CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/honda
- Honda Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/hon1780526772-honda-ransomware-january-2020/
- Honda CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/honda/history
- Honda CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52982427
- 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