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DragonForce ransomware abuses SimpleHelp in MSP supply chain attack
The DragonForce ransomware operation successfully breached a managed service provider and used its SimpleHelp remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform to steal data and deploy encryptors on downstream customers’ systems. Sophos was brought in to investigate the attack and believe the threat actors exploited a chain of older SimpleHelp vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2024-57727, CVE-2024-57728, and CVE-2024-57726 to breach the system. SimpleHelp is…
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Why DragonForce is growing in prominence – with retailer attacks boosting its reputation
The criminal group DragonForce has exploded onto the cybersecurity scene in recent weeks, taking credit for the recent ransomware attacks on UK retail giants M&S and the Co-op. DragonForce is a ransomware as a service platform which provides malware and attack infrastructure to affiliate groups that are unable to launch large-scale attacks on their own. Known to support double extortion…
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Co-op confirms data theft after DragonForce ransomware claims attack
The Co-op cyberattack is far worse than initially reported, with the company now confirming that data was stolen for a significant number of current and past customers. “As a result of ongoing forensic investigations, we now know that the hackers were able to access and extract data from one of our systems,” Co-op told BleepingComputer. “The accessed data included information…
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DragonForce expands ransomware model with white-label branding scheme
The ransomware scene is re-organizing, with one gang known as DragonForce working to gather other operations under a cartel-like structure. DragonForce is now incentivizing ransomware actors with a distributed affiliate branding model, providing other ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations a means to carry out their business without dealing with infrastructure maintenance cost and effort. A group’s representative told BleepingComputer that they’re purely…
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