Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (RAMWESSHAAGR1788411466)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Sharp Motor 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 Sharp Motor 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 Sharp Motor Group breach identified under incident ID RAMWESSHAAGR1788411466.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Sharp Motor Group's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sharp-motor-group, the number of followers: 294, the industry type: Retail Motor Vehicles and the number of employees: 28 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 648 and after the incident was 488 with a difference of -160 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 Sharp Motor Group and their customers.
On 26 August 2024, Agrimac disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Storm Ransomware Group Claims Breach of Australian Farm Machinery Dealer Agrimac".
The Storm ransomware group has alleged a cyberattack on Agrimac, a Warrnambool-based farm machinery dealership in Victoria, Australia.
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Payroll records, customer contact details, risk assessments, sales invoices.
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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating storm ransomware group has listed 41 alleged victims to date and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating sharp Motor Group attributed incident to third-party IT provider breach. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack with data exfiltration and encryption implied. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating payroll records, sales invoices leaked as proof of breach. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating payroll records, customer contact details, risk assessments compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 16 documents shared on darknet leak site as proof of attack. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack with deadline set for publication if demands not met and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating storm ransomware group posted details on darknet leak site. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware strain (Storm) likely uses encryption to evade detection. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Sharp Motor Group Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sharp-motor-group/incident/RAMWESSHAAGR1788411466
- Sharp Motor Group CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sharp-motor-group
- Sharp Motor Group Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/ramwesshaagr1788411466-agrimac-westco-motors-cairns-ramsey-bros-sharp-motor-group-ransomware-august-2026/
- Sharp Motor Group CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sharp-motor-group/history
- Sharp Motor Group CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/14135-exclusive-victoria-based-agrimac-latest-alleged-storm-ransomware-victim
- Rankiteo A.I CyberSecurity Rating methodology: https://www.rankiteo.com/Images/rankiteo_algo.pdf
- Rankiteo TPRM Scoring methodology: https://static.rankiteo.com/model/rankiteo_tprm_methodology.pdf