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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.

240 of 329 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Mr.XycanKing0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageMinimal––
Worldleaks1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Everest
Earth Ammit1 aliasUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–ANTSWORD
Riski Haxor1 aliasUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Lxrdk1773n0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
D1r1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert–Exfilsquad
ComicForm0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–LummaStealer
Babuk21 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Babuk
ChuckXzn_1010 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageMinimal––
Antonkill0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageMinimal––
Money Message1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–BlackLotus
Blacknevas1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Akira ransomware
Phantom Taurus2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced–Agent Racoon
Shadowbyt3$0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Shadowbyt3$
Tunisian Maskers Cyber Force0 aliasesUnclassifiedTunisiaIdeologyMinimal––
Livor0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Chiper0x0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Webworm0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated–Farfli
Fallaga_Team0 aliasesUnclassifiedTunisiaIdeologyMinimal––
IcePeony0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–ApoloStealer
ClaratZ0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
GTG-100070 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
MUT-12440 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated–colorinal
Rey1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–HellCat Ransomware
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