Threat actor
DragonForce
Last fetched
DragonForce is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
DragonForce is a hacktivist group based in Malaysia that has been involved in cyberattacks targeting government institutions and commercial organizations in India. They have also targeted websites affiliated with Israel and have shown support for pro-Palestinian causes. The group has been observed using defacement attacks, distributed denial-of-service attacks, and data leaks as part of their campaigns. DragonForce Malaysia has demonstrated an ability to adapt and evolve their tactics over time.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for DragonForce in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to DragonForce today — this states the absence of a published link, not that DragonForce has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.darkowl.com/blog-content/hacktivist-groups-use-defacements-in-the-israel-hamas-conflict/
- https://blog.radware.com/security/2023/05/india-one-of-the-most-targeted-countries-for-hacktivist-groups/
- https://securitybrief.asia/story/dragonforce-malaysia-attacks-israeli-institutions-radware
- https://www.radware.com/security/threat-advisories-and-attack-reports/opisrael-a-decade-in-review/
- https://blog.radware.com/security/ddos/2022/08/this-was-h1-2022-part-3-beyond-the-war/
- https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/guidance-on-hacktivist-operation-opspatuk-by-dragonforce
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Related pages
Pivot from DragonForce into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Run yourself →Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Run yourself →Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Run yourself →Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.