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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (NAT1776968748)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-17
Company Score Before Incident753 / 1000
Company Score After Incident736 / 1000
Company LinkView National Counterintelligence and Security Center Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERNAT1776968748
Type of Cyber IncidentCyber Attack
ATTACK VECTORcompromised SOHO routers, IoT devices, smart hardware
DATA EXPOSEDNA
INCIDENT DATE31/12/2022
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of National Counterintelligence and Security Center'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 National Counterintelligence and Security Center 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 National Counterintelligence and Security Center breach identified under incident ID NAT1776968748.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of National Counterintelligence and Security Center's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-counterintelligence-and-security-center, the number of followers: 149183, the industry type: Government Relations Services and the number of employees: 112 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 753 and after the incident was 736 with a difference of -17 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 National Counterintelligence and Security Center and their customers.

U.S. critical infrastructure recently reported "Global Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of Shift in Chinese Hacker Tactics", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A coalition of U.S.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting critical infrastructure and compromised devices.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like threat hunting, network mapping and blocklists.

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as Chinese state-sponsored cyber operations are evolving in sophistication, leveraging large-scale compromised device networks to evade attribution and conduct malicious activities. Proactive measures like threat hunting and network mapping are critical for mitigation, and recommending next steps like threat hunting, network mapping and use of blocklists, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Heightened vigilance and proactive cybersecurity measures are recommended due to the evolving tactics of Chinese state-sponsored actors.

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 compromised SOHO routers, IoT devices, and smart hardware and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating hijacked Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) routers for attacks. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Account Manipulation (T1098) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating covert networks of compromised devices for long-term access and Server Software Component: Web Shell (T1505.003) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating malware deployment via compromised devices. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading (T1574.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating obscure origins and evade attribution using compromised devices and Masquerading (T1036) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating covert networks built from hijacked SOHO routers and IoT devices. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Proxy (T1090) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating large-scale, covert networks of compromised devices for C2 and Ingress Tool Transfer (T1105) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating malware deployment via compromised device networks. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Archive Collected Data (T1560) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating reconnaissance and data exfiltration activities. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration via covert networks of compromised devices. Under the Reconnaissance tactic, the analysis identified Active Scanning (T1595) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating reconnaissance activities via compromised device networks. 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%)
External Remote Services (70%)
Persistence
Account Manipulation (50%)
Server Software Component: Web Shell (40%)
Defense Evasion
Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading (60%)
Masquerading (70%)
Command and Control
Proxy (80%)
Ingress Tool Transfer (60%)
Collection
Archive Collected Data (50%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (80%)
Reconnaissance
Active Scanning (70%)

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