Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (KAS1788193712)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Kaspersky breach identified under incident ID KAS1788193712.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Kaspersky's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaspersky, the number of followers: 565687, the industry type: Computer and Network Security and the number of employees: 4603 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 473 and after the incident was 469 with a difference of -4 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 Kaspersky and their customers.

Kaspersky recently reported "Zero-Day Exploit Targets Kaspersky Endpoint Security in Privilege Escalation Attack", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Researcher Nightmare Eclipse (also known as Chaotic Eclipse) has released a new zero-day exploit, HardBreacher, targeting a privilege escalation vulnerability in Kaspersky Endpoint Security.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Kaspersky Endpoint Security.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Automatic updates for patching, manual database update option, and began remediation that includes Patch released via automatic updates.

Overall, the incident is a reminder of why proactive monitoring and strong governance matter.

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.