Drakontas LLC Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (DRA1766628480)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Drakontas LLC breach identified under incident ID DRA1766628480.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Drakontas LLC's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drakontas-llc, the number of followers: 439, the industry type: Public Safety and the number of employees: 8 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 651 and after the incident was 478 with a difference of -173 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 Drakontas LLC and their customers.

A newly reported cybersecurity incident, "DragonForce Ransomware Gang Compromises Over 120 Organizations Worldwide", has drawn attention.

More than 120 organizations across various industries worldwide have been compromised by the DragonForce ransomware gang, which has shifted from a ransomware-as-a-service to a ransomware cartel operation over the past 12 months.

Impact assessments are still underway, so the full scope is not yet clear.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how and recommending next steps like Organizations should bolster their defenses and mitigations against the ransomware operation.

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 Phishing (T1566) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including initial access via phishing, and attack vector such as Phishing, Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating exploitation of CVE-2024-21412, CVE-2024-21887, CVE-2024-21893, and Brute Force: Credential Stuffing (T1110.004) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including initial access via credential stuffing, and attack vector such as Credential Stuffing. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques for persistence and lateral movement. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts (T1037) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques to maintain persistence. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating exploitation of CVE-2024-21412, CVE-2024-21887, CVE-2024-21893. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading (T1036) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques to evade detection and Indicator Removal (T1070) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques for lateral movement. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services (T1021) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques for lateral movement. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including data encryption such as Yes, and ransomware strain such as DragonForce and Service Stop (T1489) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware operation threatening organizations existence. Under the Resource Development tactic, the analysis identified Develop Capabilities (T1587) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating shift from RaaS to ransomware cartel, partnering with other RaaS groups and Acquire Infrastructure: Domains (T1583.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating attempted takeover of rival operations like LockBit and RansomHub. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.