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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.

47 of 47 published profiles shown

GoldenEyeDog
aka Golden Eye · Dragon Breath
UnclassifiedIdeology

GoldenEyeDog is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

37TTPs
2exploited
20malware
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Laundry BearRussia
Nation-state APTIdeology

Laundry Bear is a Russia-attributed nation-state APT group with an ideological motive. It targets 8 sectors, including Government and Technology, in Ukraine.

33TTPs
1exploited
11malware
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NoName057(16)Russia
aka 05716nnm · Nnm05716 · NoName057
UnclassifiedIdeology

NoName057(16) is a Russia-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive.

33TTPs
–No CVE data
2malware
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Autumn DragonChina
Nation-state APTIdeology

Autumn Dragon is a China-attributed nation-state APT group with an ideological motive. It targets 6 sectors, including Government, and Transportation and Logistics.

16TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
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GhostWriterBelarus
aka Storm-0257 · UNC1151 · FrostyNeighbor +3
UnclassifiedIdeology

GhostWriter is a Belarus-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive.

10TTPs
–No CVE data
22malware
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Red HeronChina
UnclassifiedIdeology

Red Heron is a China-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive.

8TTPs
–No CVE data
2malware
AdvancedProfile →
0xfay
UnclassifiedIdeology

0xfay is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

7TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
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Storm-3069China
UnclassifiedIdeology

Storm-3069 is a China-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive. It targets 5 sectors, including Government and Healthcare.

7TTPs
–No CVE data
2malware
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Irene
aka XmrAnonye.id
UnclassifiedIdeology

Irene is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

5TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
MinimalProfile →
TA419China
UnclassifiedIdeology

TA419 is a China-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive. It targets 6 sectors, including Government and Technology, in the United States and Japan.

5TTPs
–No CVE data
1malware
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UTA0565China
UnclassifiedIdeology

UTA0565 is a China-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive.

5TTPs
–No CVE data
1malware
AdvancedProfile →
Bytez7
UnclassifiedIdeology

Bytez7 is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

4TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
MinimalProfile →
KILLNET
UnclassifiedIdeology

KILLNET is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

4TTPs
–No CVE data
2malware
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Earth AmmitChina
aka Dalbit
UnclassifiedIdeology

Earth Ammit is a China-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive.

3TTPs
–No CVE data
27malware
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Riski Haxor
aka Esteem Restoration Eagel
UnclassifiedIdeology

Riski Haxor is a threat actor group with an ideological motive. It targets 9 sectors, including Government and Technology, in the United States and Indonesia.

3TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
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Lxrdk1773n
UnclassifiedIdeology

Lxrdk1773n is a threat actor group with an ideological motive. It targets the Education and Research sector in 16 countries, including India and France.

3TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
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Tunisian Maskers Cyber ForceTunisia
UnclassifiedIdeology

Tunisian Maskers Cyber Force is a Tunisia-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive.

2TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
MinimalProfile →
Livor
UnclassifiedIdeology

Livor is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

2TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
MinimalProfile →
Chiper0x
UnclassifiedIdeology

Chiper0x is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

2TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
MinimalProfile →
ZanzxyyXploit
UnclassifiedIdeology

ZanzxyyXploit is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

1TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
IntermediateProfile →
Dark Storm
aka DarkStorm Team
UnclassifiedIdeology

Dark Storm is a threat actor group with an ideological motive.

0TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
IntermediateProfile →
NXBBSECCambodia
UnclassifiedIdeology

NXBBSEC is a Cambodia-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive.

0TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
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BL4CK CYB3RCambodia
CybercrimeIdeology

BL4CK CYB3R is a Cambodia-attributed cybercrime syndicate with an ideological motive.

0TTPs
–No CVE data
0malware
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