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Threat Actors Targeting The Education and Research Sector.

Brandefense tracks 329 threat actors known to target the Education and Research sector. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group.

120 of 156 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
D1r1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert–Exfilsquad
ComicForm0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–LummaStealer
Babuk21 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Babuk
Money Message1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–BlackLotus
Blacknevas1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Akira ransomware
Shadowbyt3$0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Shadowbyt3$
MUT-12440 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated–colorinal
Rey1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–HellCat Ransomware
0BITS0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
DataLeak0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–DataLeak
StormouS-X4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialInnovator–Stormous
Coinbasecartel2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Coinbasecartel
Quantum8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Quantum
Radar1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Radar
Kazu0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Kazu
DarkVault0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–DarkVault
Kill Security2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Kill Security
Dan0n1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialLow–Dan0n
Cryp70n1c0d30 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Pysa5 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–ChaChi
Metaencryptor0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Metaencryptor
Snatch2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Snatch
RA Group1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–RA Group
Kairos0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Kairos
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