Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (TELIRI1767930667)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Telewebion's Cyber Attack 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 Telewebion 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 Telewebion breach identified under incident ID TELIRI1767930667.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Telewebion's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/telewebion, the number of followers: 0, the industry type: Entertainment Providers and the number of employees: 71 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 828 and after the incident was 808 with a difference of -20 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 Telewebion and their customers.
On 01 February 2022, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) disclosed Stream Hijacking issues under the banner "Hijacking of IRIB's Telewebion Web Stream by Adalat Ali Hacktivist Group".
A hacktivist group known as Adalat Ali (Ali's Justice) hijacked the web stream of Iran's state-owned television station, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), to broadcast an anti-regime message during a live soccer match.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Telewebion (IRIB's web-based TV and radio streaming platform).
In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Regained control over the platform, and stakeholders are being briefed through Acknowledged the incident via tweet.
Overall, the incident is a reminder of why proactive monitoring and strong governance matter.
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 to high confidence (80%), with evidence including hijacked the live web stream of Iran’s state-owned broadcaster, and targeted Telewebion, IRIB’s online streaming platform. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Service Stop (T1489) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including replaced the feed with a 50-second video, and disruption of live broadcast for hours and Defacement (T1491) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including aired an anti-government message, and displayed images of opposition leaders. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Hide Artifacts: Hidden Window (T1564.003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating message repeated intermittently for hours before control was restored. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Telewebion Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/telewebion/incident/TELIRI1767930667
- Telewebion CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/telewebion
- Telewebion Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/teliri1767930667-telewebion-islamic-republic-of-iran-broadcasting-cyber-attack-february-2022/
- Telewebion CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/telewebion/history
- Telewebion CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://therecord.media/irans-national-tv-stream-hacked-for-the-second-time-in-a-week
- 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