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Threat actors by attributed origin

North Korea-Attributed Threat Actors.

Brandefense tracks 18 threat actors attributed to North Korea. The most documented are Lazarus Group, APT38 and APT37. The sectors they target most are Energy and Utilities, Government, and Defense and Aerospace.

18 of 18 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Lazarus Group16 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialStrategic39–
APT389 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced65–
APT376 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaIdeologyAdvanced29–
Andariel19 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaEspionageAdvanced37–
UNC47363 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced14–
Moonstone Sleet2 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialModerate1–
Contagious Interview7 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced2–
UNC10693 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced––
TEMP.Hermit0 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaEspionageAdvanced––
Jade Sleet0 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced––
Wassonite0 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaEspionageNot rated––
OnionDog0 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaEspionageNot rated––
Nickel Alley0 aliasesUnclassifiedNorth KoreaUnknownNot rated––
puNK-0030 aliasesUnclassifiedNorth KoreaUnknownNot rated––
JINX-01640 aliasesUnclassifiedNorth KoreaUnknownNot rated––
TA4440 aliasesUnclassifiedNorth KoreaUnknownNot rated––
Pearl Sleet2 aliasesUnclassifiedNorth KoreaUnknownNot rated––
ELUSIVE COMET0 aliasesUnclassifiedNorth KoreaUnknownNot rated––
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