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Threat actors by attributed origin

Pakistan-Attributed Threat Actors.

Brandefense tracks 10 threat actors attributed to Pakistan. The most documented are Transparent Tribe, SideWinder and SideCopy. The sectors they target most are Government, Civil Society and NGOs, and Defense and Aerospace.

10 of 10 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Transparent Tribe16 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanEspionageAdvanced5–
SideWinder11 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanIdeologyAdvanced6–
SideCopy0 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanEspionageAdvanced7–
Bitter6 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanIdeologyAdvanced16–
Gorgon Group5 aliasesCybercrimePakistanEspionageAdvanced2–
Donot Team4 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanEspionageAdvanced4–
Stealth Mango and Tangelo0 aliasesUnclassifiedPakistanUnknownNot rated––
Cosmic Leopard, Operation Celestial Force2 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanEspionageNot rated––
TAG-1400 aliasesUnclassifiedPakistanUnknownNot rated––
Gnosticplayers0 aliasesCybercrimePakistanFinancialNot rated––
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