Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (INS1778243198)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Instructure'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 Instructure 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 Instructure breach identified under incident ID INS1778243198.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Instructure's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instructure-inc-, the number of followers: 79694, the industry type: E-Learning Providers and the number of employees: 2172 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 739 and after the incident was 720 with a difference of -19 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 Instructure and their customers.
Instructure recently reported "Cyberattack Disrupts Canvas Learning System Ahead of Final Exams", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
A cyberattack has targeted the Canvas learning management system (LMS), a platform used by thousands of schools nationwide, just as students prepare for final exams.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Canvas learning management system (LMS).
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as The incident underscores the growing vulnerability of educational technology infrastructure and the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures in academic environments.
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 (70%), supported by evidence indicating cyberattack has targeted the Canvas learning management system (LMS) and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating canvas LMS used by thousands of schools nationwide for online learning. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating disruptions to coursework, grading, and student access and Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating potential disruptions to coursework, grading, and student access. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating details on the attack’s origin, scope, and impact remain limited. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Instructure Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/instructure-inc-/incident/INS1778243198
- Instructure CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/instructure-inc-
- Instructure Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/ins1778243198-instructure-cyber-attack-september-2023/
- Instructure CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/instructure-inc-/history
- Instructure CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/08/canvas-cyberattack-hits-universities-schools-ahead-of-finals
- 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