Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (S-R1765994181)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the S-RM breach identified under incident ID S-R1765994181.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of S-RM's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/s-rm, the number of followers: 49118, the industry type: Security and Investigations and the number of employees: 375 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 668 and after the incident was 521 with a difference of -147 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 S-RM and their customers.

On 05 December 2024, a cybersecurity incident called "Weaxor Ransomware Attack via React2Shell Vulnerability" came to light.

A ransomware gang exploited the critical React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) to gain initial access to corporate networks and deployed the Weaxor ransomware strain within less than a minute.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Public-facing servers, vulnerable endpoints.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Completed (by S-RM), teams are taking away lessons such as Patching alone is insufficient; monitoring for unusual process creation (e.g., cmd.exe/powershell.exe from node.exe) and disabled security solutions is critical. React2Shell is actively exploited by multiple threat actors, and recommending next steps like Review Windows event logs and EDR telemetry for evidence of React2Shell exploitation, Investigate unusual outbound connections, disabled security solutions, log clearing, and resource spikes and Monitor for process spawning of cmd.exe or powershell.exe from node.exe.

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.