Threat actors by targeted sector

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.

46 of 46 published profiles shown

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Stealth Falcon3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	10	Deadglyph
MosesStaff7 aliases	Ransomware	Iran	Ideology	Moderate	1	–
GoldenEyeDog2 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	2	–
Laundry Bear0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	1	–
NoName057(16)3 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Moderate	–	–
Void Rabisu3 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	3	–
PhantomCore2 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	2	–
Naikon APT0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	1	–
UNC63530 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Expert	–	Btmob
APT-C-601 alias	Unclassified	South Korea	Ideology	Advanced	2	–
GhostWriter6 aliases	Unclassified	Belarus	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Red Heron0 aliases	Unclassified	China	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Storm-30690 aliases	Unclassified	China	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Azraelzer0d4y0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Minimal	–	–
UAC-02440 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Intermediate	–	–
UAC-02630 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Intermediate	–	–
TA4190 aliases	Unclassified	China	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Bytez70 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Minimal	–	–
KILLNET0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Intermediate	–	–
Dark Storm1 alias	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Intermediate	–	–
NXBBSEC0 aliases	Unclassified	Cambodia	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Cyber Caliphate Army (CCA), United Cyber Caliphate (UCC)5 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Not rated	–	–

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