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Threat Actors Targeting The Defense and Aerospace Sector.

Brandefense tracks 265 threat actors known to target the Defense and Aerospace sector. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group.

24 of 95 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Lazarus Group16 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialStrategic39–
Scattered Spider6 aliasesRansomwareCanadaFinancialAdvanced18–
APT389 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced65–
AKIRA4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced54–
Lockbit8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced32–
BlackBasta1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced65–
Wizard Spider15 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialAdvanced68–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
DragonForce2 aliasesRansomwareMalaysiaFinancialAdvanced24–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
BianLian1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced13Akira ransomware
INC Ransom2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate36–
TA50511 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate27–
Medusa1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced23–
Safepay1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate18–
APT-C-364 aliasesCybercrimeColombiaFinancialModerate1–
Interlock1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate2–
FIN713 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced8–
Mallox3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate23–
Revil1 aliasRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced25–
UNC47363 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced14–
TeamTNT4 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced4–
ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced16–
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