Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MET1774203903)

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 Phishing (T1566) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including 83% of organizations reported phishing attacks, and 3.4 billion malicious emails sent daily, Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 94% of organizations experienced API security issues in production, Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools (T1195.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating uSB drives remain a primary vector, with 52% capable of bypassing network security, and Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating dEV-0569 abuses Google Ads to distribute malware and steal credentials. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 86% of malware is delivered via email and User Execution: Malicious Link (T1204.001) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 18% of phishing clicks originated from mobile devices. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Account Manipulation (T1098) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 65% more passwords were compromised in 2022 compared to 2020. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 25% of individuals affected by password-cracking attacks. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 52% of USB drives capable of bypassing network security and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating cloud misconfigurations contributed to 45% of data breaches. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Brute Force (T1110) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 7-character password can be cracked in 4 seconds, Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 65% more passwords were compromised in 2022 compared to 2020, and Adversary-in-the-Middle (T1557) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 98% of cyberattacks rely on social engineering. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery (T1087) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 533 million users data (Facebook breach) included phone numbers and emails. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 533 million users data leaked in Facebook breach and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 45% of data breaches due to cloud misconfigurations. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol (T1071) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 1.7 million ransomware incidents daily. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration confirmed in ransomware attacks and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating cloud misconfigurations contributed to 45% of data breaches. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attacks occur every 19 seconds, with data encryption, Resource Hijacking (T1496) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating cryptojacking attacks surged 43%, reaching 139.3 million incidents in 2022, and Network Denial of Service (T1498) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating largest DDoS attack peaked at 1.46 Tbps. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.