Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (KASBLA1777645750)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Kaspersky'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 Kaspersky 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 Kaspersky breach identified under incident ID KASBLA1777645750.
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: 528510, the industry type: Computer and Network Security and the number of employees: 4470 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 755 and after the incident was 568 with a difference of -187 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.
A newly reported cybersecurity incident, "Cybersecurity Professionals Sentenced for Ransomware Scheme", has drawn attention.
Three U.S.-based cybersecurity experts were sentenced or are awaiting sentencing for their roles in a ransomware extortion scheme involving the deployment of BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware to target multiple organizations.
The disruption is felt across the environment, plus an estimated financial loss of $23.2 million (including $1.2 million from a single victim and $22 million from another).
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how Ongoing (no charges announced for key BlackCat members).
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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating three U.S.-based cybersecurity experts...deploying BlackCat ransomware and Trusted Relationship (T1199) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating worked at cybersecurity firms including as ransomware negotiators. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating deploying BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware to target multiple organizations. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (100%), with evidence including blackCat ransomware encrypted data, and data encryption such as Yes. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including ransomware extortion scheme, and laundering their 80% cut of ransom payments. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating cybersecurity experts...shifted to criminal activity and Hide Artifacts: Hidden Window (T1564.003) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating blackCat ransomware, active from November 2021 to December 2023. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Proxy (T1090) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating laundering their 80% cut of ransom payments. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating cybersecurity experts...targeted multiple organizations. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Kaspersky Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/kaspersky/incident/KASBLA1777645750
- Kaspersky CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/kaspersky
- Kaspersky Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/kasbla1777645750-unnamed-victim-blackcat-unnamed-victim-ransomware-november-2021/
- Kaspersky CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/kaspersky/history
- Kaspersky CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.securityweek.com/two-us-security-experts-sentenced-to-prison-for-helping-ransomware-gang/
- 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