The Home Depot Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (THE1765591280)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the The Home Depot breach identified under incident ID THE1765591280.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of The Home Depot's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-home-depot, the number of followers: 1033148, the industry type: Retail and the number of employees: 125004 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 824 and after the incident was 801 with a difference of -23 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 Home Depot and their customers.

Home Depot recently reported "Home Depot Credential Leak", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A leaked credential belonging to Home Depot was publicly exposed and later removed after TechCrunch contacted the company.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Credential.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Credential removed from public view.

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.

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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating leaked credential belonging to Home Depot was publicly exposed and Compromise Accounts (T1586) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating publicly exposed credential... potential gaps in vulnerability disclosure. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including publicly exposed credential, and exposed credential was removed from public view. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating home Depot failed to respond to multiple alerts about a publicly exposed credential. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.