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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (KIT1783621749)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-62
Company Score Before Incident755 / 1000
Company Score After Incident693 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERKIT1783621749
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORExploited vulnerability in legacy software
DATA EXPOSEDSensitive data
INCIDENT DATE31/12/2019
STATUSOngoing litigation

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Kiteworks's Breach 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 Kiteworks 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 Kiteworks breach identified under incident ID KIT1783621749.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Kiteworks's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kiteworkscgcp, the number of followers: 48933, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 354 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 693 with a difference of -62 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 Kiteworks and their customers.

Accellion Inc. recently reported "Accellion Data Breach Litigation", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A federal court has denied plaintiffs’ attempt to modify a class certification order in litigation stemming from a 2020–2021 data breach involving Accellion Inc.’s file-transfer software.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA), and exposing Sensitive data.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Ongoing litigation.

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 exploited vulnerability in legacy File Transfer Appliance (FTA) software. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating exposed sensitive data from numerous organizations and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating legacy File Transfer Appliance (FTA) software vulnerabilities. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive data from numerous organizations exposed and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating litigation stemming from a 2020–2021 data breach. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Exploit Public-Facing Application (90%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Automated Exfiltration (60%)
Impact
Data Destruction (40%)
Defacement: Internal Defacement (30%)

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