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Threat Actors Targeting The Civil Society and NGOs Sector.

Brandefense tracks 91 threat actors known to target the Civil Society and NGOs sector. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group.

24 of 91 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Kimsuky8 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaIdeologyAdvanced23–
APT2828 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaIdeologyStrategic48–
Lazarus Group16 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialStrategic39–
Sandworm5 aliasesUnclassifiedRussiaIdeologyAdvanced36–
APT2928 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaIdeologyStrategic27–
APT357 aliasesNation-state APTIranIdeologyAdvanced50–
OilRig10 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced34–
APT415 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyStrategic29–
APT376 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaIdeologyAdvanced29–
APT3215 aliasesNation-state APTVietnamEspionageAdvanced22–
Mustang Panda11 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced13–
Transparent Tribe16 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanEspionageAdvanced5–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
Andariel19 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaEspionageAdvanced37–
Earth Lusca4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced37–
FSB Centre 1619 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaIdeologyAdvanced14–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
menuPass8 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced22–
APT421 aliasNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced6–
APT277 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedIdeologyAdvanced17–
Gamaredon9 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaIdeologyAdvanced5–
Patchwork19 aliasesNation-state APTIndiaEspionageAdvanced12–
APT337 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced17–
SideWinder11 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanIdeologyAdvanced6–
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