Threat actors by targeted sector

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.

156 of 156 published profiles shown

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Radiant0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Minimal	–	–
Global1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Global
Dysphor1a0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Dysphor1a
Doommageddon0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Doommageddon
Phobos0 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Gammax0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Gammax
Cring0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Cring
Satanlockv20 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Innovator	–	–
Section90 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Section9
Boss Spider, Gold Lowell3 aliases	Cybercrime	Iran	Financial	Not rated	–	MimiKatz
Rebornvc2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	–
Ms130890 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Ms13089

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