okta Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (OKTSALGOO1769222214)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the okta breach identified under incident ID OKTSALGOO1769222214.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of okta's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/okta, the number of followers: 0, the industry type: Architecture and Planning and the number of employees: 3 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 788 and after the incident was 775 with a difference of -13 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 okta and their customers.

SoundCloud recently reported "ShinyHunters Gang Behind Vishing Attacks Targeting SSO Accounts at Okta, Microsoft, and Google", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

The extortion group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for a series of voice phishing (vishing) attacks targeting single sign-on (SSO) accounts at Okta, Microsoft Entra, and Google, enabling threat actors to breach corporate SaaS platforms and steal data for extortion.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting SSO Accounts and SaaS Platforms (Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox, Slack, Atlassian), and exposing Corporate data, Employee credentials, MFA codes.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Ongoing.

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.

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: Vishing (T1566.004) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating voice phishing (vishing) attacks targeting single sign-on (SSO) accounts and Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating sSO accounts...gateway to connected enterprise applications. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious Link (T1204.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating tricking them into entering credentials and MFA codes on phishing sites. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Modify Authentication Process: Multi-Factor Authentication (T1556.006) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating mFA codes...entered on phishing sites mimicking legitimate login portals, Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating real-time control panels...prompting victims to approve MFA requests, and Steal Application Access Token (T1528) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating sSO account...serves as a gateway to connected enterprise applications. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating sSO accounts...access to Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Modify Authentication Process: Multi-Factor Authentication (T1556.006) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating phishing sites mimicking legitimate login portals and Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location (T1036.005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating impersonate IT support staff...phishing sites mimicking legitimate portals. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Information Repositories: Sharepoint (T1213.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating connected enterprise applications, including Salesforce, Microsoft 365 and Data from Information Repositories: Code Repositories (T1213.003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating access to...Atlassian. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration from its corporate network (Crunchbase) and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating shinyHunters...steal data for extortion. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating tor data leak site...SoundCloud, Betterment, and Crunchbase and Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating extortion group...steal data for extortion. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.