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Threat actors by attributed origin

China-Attributed Threat Actors.

Brandefense tracks 223 threat actors attributed to China. The most documented are GhostEmperor, APT41 and Mustang Panda. The sectors they target most are Government, Technology and Telecommunications.

96 of 223 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Deep Panda11 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
Blackgear1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Comnie
APT204 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
APT162 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyExpert3–
Earth Baxia0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1Cobalt Strike
Gelsemium2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3ASPXSpy
DragonOK3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced2–
Blue Termite, Cloudy Omega2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Emdivi
Red Heron0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
Chinese State-Sponsored APTs0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–JDY botnet
UAT-115870 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
RedEcho1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageIntermediate2Korplug
Scarab1 aliasRansomwareChinaEspionageNot rated–Scarabey
GopherWhisper0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
Storm-30690 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
ARMORY CASTLE0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
VerdantBamboo0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced1AgentPSD
Yingmob0 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialNot rated––
Earth Krahang0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced2Cobalt Strike
Moafee1 aliasCybercrimeChinaEspionageAdvanced2–
Roaming Tiger3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–BBSRAT
Mofang0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
Storm-29900 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced–CoGUI
Storm-31191 aliasCybercrimeChinaFinancialIntermediate–CoGUI
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