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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.

216 of 228 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
DEV-01470 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Cobalt Strike
SmugX0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated–PlugX
Earth Naga0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated–DracuLoader
Pacha Group0 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialNot rated–DDG
DragonSpark0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–BadPotato
Dragonbridge1 aliasUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated––
Xiaoqiying2 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyNot rated––
Carderbee0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Korplug
DiceyF0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated–GamePlayerFramework
BrazenBamboo0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–DEEPDATA
Yanbian Gang0 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialNot rated–Android
Sandman0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–LuaDream
TAG-380 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Frp
BRONZE SPIRAL0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–SUPERNOVA
Vigorish Viper0 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced––
SongXY0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Royal Road
Witchetty1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–LookBack
DriftingCloud0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated–pupy
Weaver Ant0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–Encrypted China Chopper
Earth Minotaur0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–DarkNimbus
NineBlog0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
REF29240 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated–Data-stealing malware
Budminer1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Symantec
Storm-09402 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated––
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