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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (THEBRATREMOZGITOPE1773066485)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-19
Company Score Before Incident750 / 1000
Company Score After Incident731 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERTHEBRATREMOZGITOPE1773066485
Type of Cyber IncidentCyber Attack
ATTACK VECTORSEO poisoning, Fake GitHub repositories, Malicious ZIP archives, DLL side-loading, VBS/PowerShell downloaders
DATA EXPOSEDBrowser data (passwords, cookies, autofill),...
INCIDENT DATE31/03/2025
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Operation Code'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 Operation Code 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 Operation Code breach identified under incident ID THEBRATREMOZGITOPE1773066485.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Operation Code's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/operationcode, the number of followers: 3385, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 11 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 750 and after the incident was 731 with a difference of -19 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 Operation Code and their customers.

A newly reported cybersecurity incident, "New Windows Stealer 'BoryptGrab' Spreads via Fake GitHub Repositories in Large-Scale Campaign", has drawn attention.

A sophisticated malware campaign is distributing BoryptGrab, a Windows information stealer, through fake GitHub repositories masquerading as free tools, game cheats, and cracked software.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Windows systems, and exposing Browser data (passwords, cookies, autofill), Cryptocurrency wallets and Telegram data.

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.

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 Link (T1566.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating sEO-optimized README files to rank malicious repositories near legitimate projects and Drive-by Compromise (T1189) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating fake GitHub repositories masquerading as free tools, game cheats, and cracked software. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating tricking users into downloading infected ZIP archives, Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic (T1059.005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating vBS/PowerShell downloaders that bypass security controls, and Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell (T1059.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating vBS/PowerShell downloaders that fetch BoryptGrab stealer. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (T1547.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating persists via Run-key registry entries and Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task (T1053.005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating persists via scheduled tasks. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading (T1574.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating dLL side-loading via malicious libcurl.dll. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating xOR + AES-CBC encryption for embedded launcher, Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating adding Microsoft Defender exclusions, Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location (T1036.005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating fake GitHub repositories masquerading as free tools, and Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion (T1497) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating anti-VM and anti-analysis checks. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating steals stored passwords from Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Brave, etc., Steal Web Session Cookie (T1539) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating targets browser data including cookies, and Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating steals Discord tokens and Telegram data. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified System Information Discovery (T1082) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating collects system details and installed applications and File and Directory Discovery (T1083) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating filegraber module targets files with specific extensions. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating steals browser data, cryptocurrency wallets, screenshots, and files and Screen Capture (T1113) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating collects screenshots from infected systems. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (T1071.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating beaconing to C2 servers on port 8088, Protocol Tunneling (T1572) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating tunnesshClient establishes reverse SSH tunnels, and Proxy: External Proxy (T1090.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating uses victim as a SOCKS5 proxy. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating collected data is compressed and exfiltrated to attacker servers. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Resource Hijacking (T1496) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating uses victim as a SOCKS5 proxy for further attacks. 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 Link (90%)
Drive-by Compromise (80%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (95%)
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic (80%)
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell (80%)
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (80%)
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task (80%)
Privilege Escalation
Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading (90%)
Defense Evasion
Obfuscated Files or Information (90%)
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (80%)
Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location (90%)
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion (70%)
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores (95%)
Steal Web Session Cookie (90%)
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (80%)
Discovery
System Information Discovery (90%)
File and Directory Discovery (80%)
Collection
Data from Local System (95%)
Screen Capture (80%)
Command and Control
Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (80%)
Protocol Tunneling (90%)
Proxy: External Proxy (80%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (95%)
Impact
Resource Hijacking (70%)

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