Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (INS1779035022)
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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 INS1779035022.
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 780 and after the incident was 746 with a difference of -34 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 (Canvas) recently reported "Cyberattack Disrupts Canvas Learning System Ahead of School Finals", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
A cyberattack has targeted the Canvas learning management system, a platform used by thousands of schools across North America, just as students prepare for final exams.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Canvas learning management system.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating cyberattack has targeted the Canvas learning management system and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating platform used by thousands of schools for coursework, assignments, and grading. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Service Stop (T1489) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating delays in accessing materials, submitting assignments, or processing grades and Defacement (T1491) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no group has claimed responsibility, unclear if ransomware or data theft. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unclear whether the incident involved...data theft. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Disabling Security Tools (T1089) 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.