Show Creators Studios Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SHO1765339395)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Show Creators Studios breach identified under incident ID SHO1765339395.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Show Creators Studios's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/show-creators-inc, the number of followers: 130, the industry type: Events Services 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 757 and after the incident was 643 with a difference of -114 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 Show Creators Studios and their customers.

On 19 June 2024, CDK Global disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Ransomware Attack on CDK Global Disrupts Auto Dealerships Across North America".

CDK Global, a major provider of software solutions to automotive dealerships, suffered a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut down most of its systems.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting CDK Global's software systems for auto dealerships.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Shut down most systems, while recovery efforts such as Ongoing continue, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public disclosure of the incident.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Public disclosure of the incident.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating attack vector such as Unknown (implies potential exploitation of public-facing systems) and Trusted Relationship (T1199) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating cDK Global as a major software provider (trusted by dealerships). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including data encryption such as Yes, and type such as Ransomware, Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating shut down most systems (disruptive impact on operations), and Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating widespread disruptions to dealership operations. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack (commonly involves data exfiltration). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware (often uses obfuscation to evade detection) and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating shut down most systems (potential disabling of defenses). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.