WP Intelligence Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (WAS0892108111025)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the WP Intelligence breach identified under incident ID WAS0892108111025.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of WP Intelligence's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/washington-post-intelligence, the number of followers: 749, the industry type: Professional Services and the number of employees: 4 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 752 and after the incident was 653 with a difference of -99 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 WP Intelligence and their customers.

The Washington Post recently reported "Cl0p Ransomware Exploits Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day to Breach Over 100 Companies, Including The Washington Post", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

The Cl0p ransomware gang and financially-motivated threat actor FIN11 exploited a remote code execution (RCE) zero-day vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite (versions 12.2.3-12.2.14) to breach over 100 companies, including The Washington Post, Harvard University, Schneider...

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Oracle E-Business Suite (versions 12.2.3-12.2.14), and exposing True.

In response, and began remediation that includes Oracle patch (post-exploitation), and stakeholders are being briefed through public statement by The Washington Post and law enforcement advisories against ransom payments.

The case underscores how ongoing (partial victim list confirmed; full scope unknown), and recommending next steps like Do not pay ransom demands (per law enforcement advice), Apply vendor patches promptly and Monitor for zero-day exploits in critical enterprise software, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Law enforcement warnings against ransom payments.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with high confidence (100%), with evidence including exploitation of zero-day vulnerability (RCE in Oracle E-Business Suite), and remote Code Execution (RCE) zero-day in Oracle E-Business Suite (versions 12.2.3-12.2.14). Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating remote Code Execution (RCE) zero-day in Oracle E-Business Suite (implies post-exploit command execution). Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Account Manipulation (T1098) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating attacks occurred over months before Oracle patched the flaw (suggests prolonged access). Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating rCE vulnerability (often used to elevate privileges post-exploitation). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified File Deletion: Indicator Removal from Tools (T1070.004) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating hackers exfiltrated sensitive corporate files (may involve cleaning logs/traces) and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating attacks occurred over months (suggests evasion of detection mechanisms). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (65%), supported by evidence indicating exfiltrated sensitive corporate files (often requires credential access for lateral movement). Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified File and Directory Discovery (T1083) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating exfiltrated sensitive corporate files (implies reconnaissance for valuable data). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including exfiltrated sensitive corporate files, and data exfiltration such as true. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including hackers exfiltrated sensitive corporate files (method unspecified but implied), and data exfiltration such as true. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (85%), with evidence including cl0p ransomware gang (known for double extortion such as encryption + exfiltration), and ransomware strain such as Cl0p and Data Destruction (T1485) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating cl0p to leak its data on their public site (data destruction via public dump). Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating attacks occurred over months (suggests internal movement post-initial access). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.