Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SSLNATOR-1780945453)
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Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of S.S. Lazio's Breach 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 S.S. Lazio 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 S.S. Lazio breach identified under incident ID SSLNATOR-1780945453.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of S.S. Lazio's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sslaziospa, the number of followers: 15581, the industry type: Spectator Sports and the number of employees: 338 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 756 and after the incident was 563 with a difference of -193 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.S. Lazio and their customers.
Premier League Club recently reported "Cyberattacks in Sports: A Growing Threat to High-Profile Organizations", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
The sports industry, including global spectacles like the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and Super Bowl, has become a prime target for cybercriminals.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Wi-Fi, telecasts, ticketing systems (2018 Olympics), Internal systems (Manchester United) and YouTube channel (Boca Juniors), and exposing 20,000 employees’ and fans’ sensitive data (San Francisco 49ers), 500 GB of data (Houston Rockets) and 32 GB of data (ASVEL), with nearly ['20,000 (San Francisco 49ers)', '500 GB (Houston Rockets)', '32 GB (ASVEL)'] records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of ['£1 million (attempted)', '$2.5 million (Lazio Rome)', 'Ransom demands (undisclosed)'].
In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Systems taken offline (Manchester United) and Wi-Fi and telecasts disabled (2018 Olympics), and began remediation that includes Data recovery (2018 Olympics) and Compensation for victims (San Francisco 49ers), while recovery efforts such as Regained control of YouTube channel (Boca Juniors) continue.
The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as The sports industry faces relentless and evolving cyber threats, including financial fraud, ransomware, and third-party vulnerabilities. High-profile events like the Olympics and World Cup are prime targets, requiring robust cybersecurity measures to protect financial transactions, sensitive data, and operational integrity, and recommending next steps like Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for financial transactions and sensitive systems, Conduct regular cybersecurity training for employees to recognize phishing and BEC scams and Enhance third-party risk management to mitigate supply chain attacks, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering NBA alerted fans about third-party breach and Real Sociedad urged victims to monitor accounts for fraud.
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 (T1566) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating managing director was tricked into entering credentials on a fake Office 365 login page, Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including third-party mail service provider breach (NBA), and network-connected systems (2018 Olympics), and Trusted Relationship (T1199) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating third-party vulnerabilities exploited (NBA, ASVEL, KNVB). Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating olympic Destroyer malware disabled Wi-Fi, telecasts, and ticketing systems and Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating malware spread across connected networks (2018 Olympics). Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating credentials stolen via fake Office 365 login page (Premier League club). Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating stolen credentials used to divert $2.5M transfer (Lazio Rome). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating fake Office 365 login page used to steal credentials and Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating olympic Destroyer malware wiped data and stole passwords. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating olympic Destroyer malware stole passwords (2018 Olympics) and Brute Force (T1110) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating aPT groups (Sandworm, Fancy Bear) targeted high-profile events. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery (T1087) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 500 GB of data exfiltrated (Houston Rockets), including player contracts. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 500 GB (Houston Rockets), 32 GB (ASVEL), decades of records (KNVB) exfiltrated and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating player contracts, financial records, medical records compromised. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol (T1071) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating malware spread across connected networks (2018 Olympics). Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 500 GB (Houston Rockets), 32 GB (ASVEL), decades of records (KNVB) exfiltrated and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltrated via ransomware attacks (Babuk, NoEscape, LockBit). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attacks (Manchester United, San Francisco 49ers, ASVEL, KNVB), Data Destruction (T1485) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating olympic Destroyer malware wiped data (2018 Olympics), and Defacement (T1491) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating boca Juniors YouTube channel hijacked for cryptocurrency scam. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- S.S. Lazio Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sslaziospa/incident/SSLNATOR-1780945453
- S.S. Lazio CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sslaziospa
- S.S. Lazio Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/sslnator-1780945453-nba-lazio-rome-royal-dutch-football-association-breach-january-2016/
- S.S. Lazio CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sslaziospa/history
- S.S. Lazio CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/cybercrime/cybercriminals-play-dirty-10-cyber-hits-sporting-world/
- 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