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🇲🇾DragonForce

🇲🇾 DragonForce is a tracked threat actor in the Clankerusecase corpus. Attributed to MY. Primary motivation: Criminal. We map 12 detection use cases to this actor across 51 MITRE ATT&CK techniques, with 6 threat-intel articles citing them. Active in our corpus from 2026-03-19 to 2026-08-13.

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12Use cases

6Articles

51Techniques

14IOCs

Known aliases

DragonForceDragonForce Malaysia

Top techniques

T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application T1486 · Data Encrypted for Impact T1003.001 · LSASS Memory

All other tracked techniques

T1003 · OS Credential Dumping T1005 · Data from Local System T1014 · Rootkit T1021.001 · Remote Desktop Protocol T1021.002 · SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1027 · Obfuscated Files or Information T1027.002 · Software Packing T1027.005 · Indicator Removal from Tools T1027.009 · Embedded Payloads T1037.001 · Logon Script (Windows)T1052.001 · Exfiltration over USB T1055 · Process Injection T1056.001 · Keylogging T1059.001 · PowerShell T1059.003 · Windows Command Shell T1059.005 · Visual Basic T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1070.004 · File Deletion T1071 · Application Layer Protocol T1071.001 · Web Protocols T1071.004 · DNS T1112 · Modify Registry T1133 · External Remote Services T1134.001 · Token Impersonation/Theft T1140 · Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information T1176 · Software Extensions T1195.002 · Compromise Software Supply Chain T1204.001 · Malicious Link T1204.002 · Malicious File T1204.004 · Malicious Copy and Paste T1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution T1219 · Remote Access Tools T1489 · Service Stop T1490 · Inhibit System Recovery T1539 · Steal Web Session Cookie T1543.003 · Windows Service T1555.003 · Credentials from Web Browsers T1562.001 · T1562.001 T1562.004 · T1562.004 T1562.006 · T1562.006 T1562.009 · T1562.009 T1566 · Phishing T1566.001 · Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 · Spearphishing Link T1569.002 · Service Execution T1570 · Lateral Tool Transfer T1574.001 · DLL T1586 · Compromise Accounts

Detection use cases (12)

Beaconing — periodic outbound to small set of destinations Internal Network connections to article IPs / domains Internal Suspicious browser extension installation Internal Infostealer — non-browser process accessing browser cookie/login DBs Internal Asset exposure — vulnerability matches article CVE(s) Internal Phishing-link click correlated to endpoint execution Internal Email attachment opened from external sender Internal Office app spawning script/LOLBin child process Internal Fake CAPTCHA / clipboard-injected PowerShell (ClickFix / FakeCaptcha) Internal Ransomware-style mass file rename / extension change Internal LSASS process access / dump (credential theft) Internal Remote service execution — PsExec / SMB lateral movement Internal

Threat-intel articles (6)

crit ThreatsDay: GhostJacking AI Attacks, EtherHiding ClickFix, Cursor CLI Flaw + 17 More Stories · 2026-08-13

crit IT threat evolution in Q2 2026. Non-mobile statistics · 2026-08-10

crit An analysis of incidents at Brazilian educational institutions · 2026-08-03

crit AI, Automation and Attacks: Unpacking the Unit 42 2026 Global Incident Response Report · 2026-07-16

crit What the ransom note won’t say · 2026-04-20

crit EDR killers explained: Beyond the drivers · 2026-03-19

Tracked indicators

Domains (13)

ccleanerwind.top city-forum.com thu-ipad-02.cfd thu-ipad-03.cfd thu-ipad-04.cfd thu-ipad-05.cfd thu-ipad-06.cfd thu-ipad-07.cfd thu-ipad-08.cfd thu-ipad-09.cfd thu-ipad-10.cfd thu-ipad-11.cfd thu-ipad-12.cfd

IP addresses (1)

158.220.87.79

CVEs (4)

CVE-2026-20685 CVE-2026-33825 CVE-2026-50751 CVE-2026-50752