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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (CARCANWHI1768827977)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-4
Company Score Before Incident749 / 1000
Company Score After Incident745 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERCARCANWHI1768827977
Type of Cyber IncidentVulnerability
ATTACK VECTORMalicious browser extensions, Phishing, Brute-force attack, Third-party vendor compromise
DATA EXPOSEDPII, Financial data, Browsing activity,...
INCIDENT DATE31/03/2023
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of White Hat Agency's Vulnerability 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 White Hat Agency 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 White Hat Agency breach identified under incident ID CARCANWHI1768827977.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of White Hat Agency's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/white-hat-agency, the number of followers: 1216, the industry type: Advertising Services and the number of employees: 16 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 749 and after the incident was 745 with a difference of -4 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 White Hat Agency and their customers.

Anchorage Police Department recently reported "Cybersecurity Roundup: Leadership Shifts, Third-Party Risks, and Emerging Threats", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Recent developments in cybersecurity highlight evolving threats, regulatory breaches, and structural changes in U.S.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Third-party applications, Browser extensions and Visitor wristband systems, and exposing PII, Financial data and Browsing activity, with nearly ['750,000 (CIRO)', 'Hundreds (Carlsberg)'] records at risk.

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 Supply Chain Compromise (T1195) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including 64% of third-party applications access sensitive data without legitimate need, and ghostPoster campaign infected 840,000 users via malicious browser extensions, Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating vulnerability in Carlsberg visitor wristband systems allowed unauthorized access, External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating third-party vendor White Box Technologies Inc. compromise disrupted operations, and Phishing (T1566) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating sophisticated phishing attack exposed 750,000 investors PII at CIRO. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating ghostPoster extensions embed malicious JavaScript in logo images and JavaScript (T1059.007) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating malicious JavaScript embedded in logo images to monitor browsing activity. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Browser Extensions (T1176) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 17 additional malicious browser extensions tied to GhostPoster campaign. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating brute-force attacks on Carlsberg visitor wristband systems and Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating black Basta operatives cracked passwords from stolen data. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 64% of third-party apps access sensitive data without business need and Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating ghostPoster extensions monitor browsing activity and hijack affiliate links. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 750,000 investors PII exposed in CIRO phishing attack and Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration via malicious browser extensions (GhostPoster). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Defacement (T1491) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating grubhub systems breached with extortion demands and Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating black Basta ransomware group operations mentioned. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading (T1036) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating malicious JavaScript embedded in logo images (GhostPoster) and Compromise Software Supply Chain (T1195.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ghostPoster extensions removed from official stores but persist in supply chain. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Supply Chain Compromise (90%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (80%)
External Remote Services (70%)
Phishing (90%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (80%)
JavaScript (80%)
Persistence
Browser Extensions (90%)
Credential Access
Brute Force: Password Guessing (80%)
Credentials from Password Stores (70%)
Collection
Data from Information Repositories (90%)
Data from Local System (80%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (80%)
Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (70%)
Impact
Defacement (60%)
Data Encrypted for Impact (50%)
Defense Evasion
Masquerading (80%)
Compromise Software Supply Chain (90%)