Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (INTJEN1791491065)
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Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Integrity360's Vulnerability 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 Integrity360 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 Integrity360 breach identified under incident ID INTJEN1791491065.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Integrity360's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/integrity360, the number of followers: 31831, the industry type: IT Services and IT Consulting and the number of employees: 458 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 754 and after the incident was 753 with a difference of -1 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 Integrity360 and their customers.
On 08 October 2024, a cybersecurity incident called "Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Linked to Widespread Government and Corporate Email Theft" came to light.
A joint advisory revealed that Integrity Technology Group, a China-based company with alleged ties to the Chinese government, has been orchestrating a large-scale campaign to steal emails from government organizations, law enforcement, healthcare systems, and religious institu...
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Microsoft 365, Exchange and Active Directory, and exposing Emails, credentials, and sensitive organizational data.
In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Botnet disruption (September 2024) and Sanctions imposed.
The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Joint advisory issued with IOCs (39 pages).
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 high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating exploit vulnerabilities in widely used software...Jenkins, Apache Struts, External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating installed SoftEther VPN to maintain access, Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating password spraying via EBurst targeting Microsoft 365 and Exchange, and Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating fake login pages via cross-site scripting (XSS). Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Command and Scripting Interpreter: Python (T1059.006) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating custom Python-based scanner, MicroScan, with 1,300 penetration scripts and User Execution: Malicious Link (T1204.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating fake login pages via XSS to trick users into downloading malware. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified External Remote Services (T1133) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating installed SoftEther VPN, often renamed to mimic Windows system files and Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating repeatedly accessed Microsoft 365 accounts via office-cli tool. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping: DCSync (T1003.006) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating extracted credentials using DCSync, abusing Active Directory replication. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Brute Force: Password Spraying (T1110.003) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating password spraying via EBurst targeting Microsoft 365 and Exchange and OS Credential Dumping: DCSync (T1003.006) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating extracted credentials using DCSync, abusing Active Directory replication. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Network Service Discovery (T1046) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating used Nmap, masscan, and custom MicroScan for vulnerability scanning and Account Discovery: Domain Account (T1087.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating dCSync abuse implies discovery of Active Directory accounts. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Email Collection: Remote Email Collection (T1114.002) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating collected mail via Exchange Web Services (EWS) using Curlc4.txt and Email Collection: Email Forwarding Rule (T1114.003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating repeatedly accessed Microsoft 365 accounts via office-cli. 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 used SoftEther VPN and custom web application for third-party access and Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy (T1090.003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating botnet (Raptor Train) of 200,000 hijacked routers and devices. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating exfiltrated emails via Exchange Web Services and Microsoft 365 and Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage (T1567.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating web application allowing third-party access to stolen emails. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location (T1036.005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating renamed SoftEther VPN to mimic Windows system files, Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating used compromised Microsoft 365 and Exchange accounts for access, and Subvert Trust Controls: Code Signing (T1553.002) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating malware disguised as legitimate Windows processes. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Integrity360 Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/integrity360/incident/INTJEN1791491065
- Integrity360 CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/integrity360
- Integrity360 Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/intjen1791491065-jenkins-integrity-technology-group-vulnerability-january-2021/
- Integrity360 CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/integrity360/history
- Integrity360 CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-says-china-linked-hackers-ran.html
- 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