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Threat Actors Targeting The Education and Research Sector.

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

72 of 146 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
APT733 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Warlock1 aliasRansomwareChinaFinancialAdvanced2–
TA25410 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate1–
Cinnamon Tempest6 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced8–
Crazyhunter0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Nova3 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced––
Fog Ransomware0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced16–
Termite3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Krybit1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Crpxo2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Funksec1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialLow––
Hunters0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Lockbit53 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
RansomHouse1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Direwolf0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Sinobi1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Everest3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Chaos1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Lynx1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
MEOW1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Water Hydra2 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Cactus1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced3–
Devman1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
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