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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (DRA1770324776)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-240
Company Score Before Incident479 / 1000
Company Score After Incident239 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERDRA1770324776
Type of Cyber IncidentRansomware
ATTACK VECTORPhishing, RDP vulnerabilities, VPN vulnerabilities
DATA EXPOSED6TB
INCIDENT DATE26/02/2025
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Drakontas LLC's Ransomware 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 Drakontas LLC 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 Drakontas LLC breach identified under incident ID DRA1770324776.

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 479 and after the incident was 239 with a difference of -240 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.

On 14 February 2025, a cybersecurity incident called "DragonForce Ransomware Strikes Saudi Arabia, Exfiltrates 6TB of Sensitive Data" came to light.

A recent ransomware attack by the DragonForce group has targeted a prominent real estate and construction firm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, resulting in the theft of over 6TB of sensitive data.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing 6TB.

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 Phishing (T1566) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating initial access is often gained through phishing and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating rDP and VPN vulnerabilities used for initial access. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model implies user execution. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating rDP and VPN vulnerabilities may enable persistence. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating nTLM/Kerberos hash decryption tools provided to affiliates. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating advanced CAPTCHA mechanisms to evade automated tracking and Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating sophisticated encryption methods used by DragonForce. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets (T1558) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating nTLM/Kerberos hash decryption tools provided to affiliates. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery (T1087) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating affiliates must demonstrate network access to qualify. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 6TB of sensitive data exfiltrated. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (T1071.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating tOR-based communications used for C2 and Web Service (T1102) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating dedicated leak site (DLS) used for data publication. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 6TB of sensitive data exfiltrated via ransomware attack and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data published on dedicated leak site (DLS). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data encryption confirmed in ransomware attack and Inhibit System Recovery (T1490) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack threatening organizations existence. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Phishing (90%)
External Remote Services (80%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (70%)
Persistence
External Remote Services (70%)
Privilege Escalation
Valid Accounts (70%)
Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (60%)
Obfuscated Files or Information (70%)
Credential Access
Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets (80%)
Discovery
Account Discovery (60%)
Collection
Data from Local System (90%)
Command and Control
Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (70%)
Web Service (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (90%)
Exfiltration Over Web Service (80%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (90%)
Inhibit System Recovery (70%)

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