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Threat actors by attributed origin

China-Attributed Threat Actors.

Brandefense tracks 228 threat actors attributed to China. The most documented are GhostEmperor, APT41 and Mustang Panda. The sectors they target most are Government, Technology and Manufacturing.

144 of 228 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Outsider Enterprise0 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced––
Worok0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–CLRLoad
Phantom Taurus2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced–Agent Racoon
IcePeony0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–ApoloStealer
GTG-100070 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
Honker Union of China1 aliasUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyIntermediate––
TA4100 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced–FlowCloud
Storm-05581 aliasUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–Black Basta
Earth Longzhi0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–sbamres.dll
TA4280 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–8.t Dropper
Calypso1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–BYEBY
TEMP_HERETIC1 aliasUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
SharpPanda1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–8.t Dropper
Shadow Network0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–ShadowNet
PassCV0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Cobalt Strike
Safe0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–TypeConfig
ChamelGang1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageModerate–BeaconLoader
TA5300 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialNot rated–AbaddonPOS
GhostNet1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Farfli
TA4131 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Exile RAT
Twisted Panda0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Spinner
BRONZE EDGEWOOD2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Chinoxy
SparklingGoblin0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–CROSSWALK
BRONZE SPRING1 aliasUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated––
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