Category: Adversary Intelligence | Threat Type: Latest Attack | Motivation: Hacktivist | Region: India | Source*: D4 |
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Executive Summary
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Analysis and Attribution
Information from Cybercrime Forums
- On 23 June 2022, DragonForce Malaysia published a post on their Telegram channel, sharing a PoC for the exploit for Windows Server LPE and LDR vulnerabilities. The group has attributed a threat actor named “impossible1337” for the same.
- The group also mentioned their plans of converting to a ransomware group and shared a sample ransom note as proof.

- On the same day, the group published a blog on their official website, thereby announcing their plans to conduct mass spreading and ransomware attacks. Following their blog post, a significant amount of chatter was observed on Twitter, which received a lot of criticism.
- Previously, DragonForce was seen discussing an exploit for a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability present in Confluence Server and Data Center, CVE-2022-26134, in order to actively target and exploit Indian entities. (For more information refer to the Appendix section)
About DragonForce
- On 10 June 2022, CloudSEK’s contextual AI digital risk platform XVigil discovered a Tweet posted by a Malaysian hacktivist group going by the name DragonForce, calling for attacks on Indian Government websites by Muslim hackers all around the world.
- The group’s primary objective of the attack, as claimed by them, was to get back at the Indian Government for controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad by some Indian politicians.
- The group behind this cyber call to arms, DragonForce Malaysia, is a pro-Palestinian hacktivist group based in Malaysia.
- This group owns and operates a forum where they post announcements and discuss their latest activities.
- The group also has Instagram and Facebook pages along with multiple Telegram channels. However, most content is replicated across their website and social media handles.
- The group has been conducting regular recruitment and promotion campaigns using Tiktok and Instagram reels.
DragonForce’s Official Communication Channels
Forum | : | https//dragonforce[.]io |
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Radio | : | https//radio[.]dragonforce[.]io |
: | https//fb[.]me/dragonforcedotio | |
Telegram | : | https//t[.]me/dragonforceio |
: | https//twitter[.]com/dragonforceio | |
: | https//instagram[.]com/dragonforceio | |
YouTube | : | https//www.youtube[.]com/channel/UC9GycRXuy7-WMULPBkBp4Bw |
Impact & Mitigation
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References
- *Intelligence source and information reliability - Wikipedia
- #Traffic Light Protocol - Wikipedia
- Tweet by DragonForce
- CloudSEK’s report on CVE-2022-26134
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