Threat actors by targeted sector

Threat Actors Targeting The Defense and Aerospace Sector.

Brandefense tracks 293 threat actors known to target the Defense and Aerospace sector. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group.

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

168 of 293 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
TA4591 alias	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Expert	2	Chinoxy
Admin@3384 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	3	BeaverTail
Machete7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	–	Loki RAT
Core Werewolf0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Not rated	–	AndeLoader
RansomHouse1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	Akira ransomware
Volatile Cedar4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Lebanon	Espionage	Advanced	3	ASPXSpy
APT189 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	Derusbi
Gorgon Group5 aliases	Cybercrime	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	2	Agent Tesla
NEODYMIUM1 alias	Nation-state APT	Türkiye	Espionage	Advanced	11	Wingbird
APT1212 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	–	EtumBot
Equation Group7 aliases	Nation-state APT	United States	Espionage	Strategic	14	Bvp47
DragonOK3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	FormerFirstRAT
SilverTerrier0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Nigeria	Espionage	Advanced	10	Agent Tesla
Suckfly6 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	7	ASPXSpy
Poseidon Group1 alias	Nation-state APT	Brazil	Espionage	Advanced	–	Crimson
UAC-01020 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
Embargo0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Embargo
MEOW1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Meow
Icefog, Dagger Panda4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Not rated	–	8.t Dropper
Cleaver5 aliases	Cybercrime	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	4	BellaCPP
SLIME860 aliases	Unclassified	China	Ideology	Advanced	–	lightweight loaders
Candiru1 alias	Cybercrime	Israel	Financial	Expert	2	DevilsTongue
Liminal Panda0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	–	Ammyy Admin
Operation CargoTalon0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	–	AdaptixC2

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