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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (NSB1765446891)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-66
Company Score Before Incident764 / 1000
Company Score After Incident698 / 1000
Company LinkView National Small Business Association Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERNSB1765446891
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORphishing, business_email_compromise, malware, insider_threat
DATA EXPOSEDTrue
INCIDENT DATE31/12/2023
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of National Small Business Association'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 National Small Business Association 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 Small Business Association breach identified under incident ID NSB1765446891.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of National Small Business Association's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nsbaadvocate, the number of followers: 25428, the industry type: Non-profit Organizations and the number of employees: 224 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 764 and after the incident was 698 with a difference of -66 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 Small Business Association and their customers.

A newly reported cybersecurity incident, "US Small Businesses Suffer Widespread Data and Security Breaches", has drawn attention.

The vast majority of US small businesses suffered a data or security breach over the past year, with many (38%) putting up their prices as a result.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing True.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as Small businesses must focus on people, process, and technology to mitigate AI-driven attacks. There is a disconnect between confidence in cyber-resilience and actual security controls adoption, and recommending next steps like Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA), Invest in new security tools and Focus on people, process, and technology to tackle AI-driven threats.

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 (T1566) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including attack vector such as phishing, and aI-powered attacks cited by 41% of affected businesses, Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including hyper-realistic phishing emails, and aI weaponized for phishing, and Trusted Relationship (T1199) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including malicious insiders (42%), and bEC scams mimicking insider knowledge. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Brute Force (T1110) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating aI-powered attacks lowering barrier for sophisticated attacks and Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including mFA usage fell from 34% to 27%, and declining security tool investment. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating investment in new security tools dropped by 15% and Masquerading (T1036) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including deepfake BEC scams, and aI mimicking insider knowledge. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including data exfiltration such as true, and personally_identifiable_information compromised and Data from Cloud Storage (T1530) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating small businesses lack resources for cloud security. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware not explicitly mentioned but implied by breaches and Defacement (T1491) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating brand reputation impact such as true. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

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