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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (THE1770530370)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-207
Company Score Before Incident623 / 1000
Company Score After Incident416 / 1000
Company LinkView The Clorox Company Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERTHE1770530370
Type of Cyber IncidentRansomware
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDNA
INCIDENT DATE13/06/2024
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of The Clorox Company'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 The Clorox Company 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 The Clorox Company breach identified under incident ID THE1770530370.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of The Clorox Company's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-clorox-company, the number of followers: 376014, the industry type: Manufacturing and the number of employees: 7729 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 623 and after the incident was 416 with a difference of -207 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 The Clorox Company and their customers.

Clorox recently reported "Ransomware Attacks on Manufacturing Surge to Five-Year High in 2023", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Ransomware attacks against manufacturing and production organizations reached a five-year peak in 2023, with two-thirds of companies in the sector reporting incidents.

The disruption is felt across the environment, plus an estimated financial loss of ['$2.4 million (average ransom payment)', '$1.7 million (average recovery cost)', '$49 million (Clorox recovery expenses)'].

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

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 confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating perceived vulnerabilities in manufacturing sector and External Remote Services (T1133) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating severe operational disruptions in manufacturing. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attacks against manufacturing organizations. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware type attack, $49 million recovery expenses and Inhibit System Recovery (T1490) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating severe operational disruptions at Clorox. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating 60% of targeted companies paid ransom. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating manufacturing firms face higher success rates for attacks. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attacks surged to five-year high in 2023. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
External Remote Services (40%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (60%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (90%)
Inhibit System Recovery (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (50%)
Credential Access
Valid Accounts (60%)
Defense Evasion
Obfuscated Files or Information (50%)

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