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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (NCC1780403012)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-440
Company Score Before Incident658 / 1000
Company Score After Incident218 / 1000
Company LinkView NCC Group Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERNCC1780403012
Type of Cyber IncidentRansomware
ATTACK VECTORInitial Access Brokers (IABs)
DATA EXPOSEDNA
INCIDENT DATE31/12/2025
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of NCC Group'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 NCC Group 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 NCC Group breach identified under incident ID NCC1780403012.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of NCC Group's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ncc-group, the number of followers: 151290, the industry type: IT Services and IT Consulting and the number of employees: 2360 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 658 and after the incident was 218 with a difference of -440 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 NCC Group and their customers.

A newly reported cybersecurity incident, "Ransomware Revenue Surges 39% Year-on-Year as Cybercriminal Ecosystem Matures", has drawn attention.

In the first quarter of 2026, ransomware groups generated an estimated $529.2 million, a 39% increase compared to the same period in 2025.

The disruption is felt across the environment, plus an estimated financial loss of $529.2 million (Q1 2026).

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as The maturation of the cybercrime economy, including specialized services like IABs and RaaS, has lowered the barrier to entry for ransomware attacks, making them more resilient and harder to disrupt.

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 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment (T1566.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating initial access brokers (IABs) sell compromised network access, Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating compromised network access sold on dark web marketplaces, and Trusted Relationship (T1199) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating initial access brokers (IABs) enable ransomware operators to bypass breaching systems. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) enables less skilled actors to launch attacks. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating compromised network access sold on dark web marketplaces. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating initial access brokers (IABs) provide access to bypass technical challenges and Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion (T1497) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware groups adapt and persist despite disruptions. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware groups generated $529.2 million in Q1 2026. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations imply data exfiltration. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment (40%)
Valid Accounts (80%)
Trusted Relationship (60%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (70%)
Persistence
External Remote Services (60%)
Defense Evasion
Valid Accounts (70%)
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion (50%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (90%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (60%)

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