Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SUPHEW1785241451)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Supermicro breach identified under incident ID SUPHEW1785241451.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Supermicro's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/supermicro, the number of followers: 202077, the industry type: Computer Hardware Manufacturing and the number of employees: 5707 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 802 and after the incident was 797 with a difference of -5 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 Supermicro and their customers.

Supermicro recently reported "24,000 Internet-Exposed Servers Leak Password Hashes Due to 20-Year-Old BMC Vulnerability", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Lava identified over 24,650 internet-exposed servers leaking authentication password hashes due to a two-decade-old vulnerability (CVE-2013-4786) in their Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interfaces.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting 24,650 internet-exposed servers, and exposing Authentication password hashes, with nearly 24,650 servers leaked password-derived authentication material records at risk.

In response, and began remediation that includes Rotate default passwords, isolate management networks, restrict BMC access to isolated networks.

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as Risks of legacy IPMI authentication, importance of isolating BMC networks, and rotating default passwords, and recommending next steps like Rotate default passwords, isolate BMC management networks, restrict BMC access to isolated networks, review stronger default password policies for hardware manufacturers.

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.