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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ELEMON1780525915)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-27
Company Score Before Incident759 / 1000
Company Score After Incident732 / 1000
Company LinkView Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media of Montenegro Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERELEMON1780525915
Type of Cyber IncidentCyber Attack
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDNA
INCIDENT DATE26/08/2022
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media of Montenegro's Cyber Attack 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 Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media of Montenegro 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 Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media of Montenegro breach identified under incident ID ELEMON1780525915.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media of Montenegro's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/montenegrodigital, the number of followers: 213, the industry type: Government Administration and the number of employees: 10 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 759 and after the incident was 732 with a difference of -27 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 Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media of Montenegro and their customers.

On 25 August 2023, EPCG (Power Utility) disclosed Cyberattack issues under the banner "Montenegro Hit by Unprecedented Cyberattack Targeting Critical Infrastructure".

Montenegro’s government digital infrastructure has come under an 'unprecedented' and ongoing cyberattack, targeting public utilities, transportation (including border crossings and airports), and telecommunications.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting public utilities, transportation and telecommunications.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Non-critical services deactivated; manual operations for EPCG, and stakeholders are being briefed through U.S. Embassy alert; government advisories.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering NATO monitoring; U.S. Embassy travel advisory.

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 moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating targeting critical infrastructure (public utilities, transportation, telecoms) and Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Supply Chain (T1195.002) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating state-owned systems targeted; no supply chain flag but high sophistication. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating highly sophisticated attack; likely exploitation of unknown vulnerabilities. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Service Stop (T1489) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating non-critical services deactivated; EPCG shifted to manual operations and Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating potential disruptions to public utilities and transportation. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating state-owned systems targeted; likely use of compromised credentials and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating non-critical services deactivated to contain the threat. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating critical infrastructure systems (energy, transport, telecoms) affected. 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 (60%)
Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Supply Chain (40%)
Execution
Exploitation for Client Execution (50%)
Impact
Service Stop (80%)
Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (50%)
Defense Evasion
Valid Accounts (70%)
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (60%)
Lateral Movement
Exploitation of Remote Services (60%)

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