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Threat Actors Targeting The Education and Research Sector.

Brandefense tracks 330 threat actors known to target the Education and Research sector. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group.

312 of 330 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
NXBBSEC0 aliasesUnclassifiedCambodiaIdeologyAdvanced––
Gdlockersec0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialMinimal–Gdlockersec
BRONZE SPRING1 aliasUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated––
Vexy-ransomware1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Vexy-ransomware
Orion0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Orion
Cmdorganization0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Cmdorganization
Radiant0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialMinimal––
Global1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Global
Dysphor1a0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Dysphor1a
Doommageddon0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Doommageddon
Earth Berberoka1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–AsyncRAT
IAmTheKing0 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageNot rated–KingOfHearts
Phobos0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Akira ransomware
Gammax0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Gammax
Wassonite0 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaEspionageNot rated–AppleSeed
Cring0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Cring
Satanlockv20 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialInnovator––
RedGolf0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Cobalt Strike
GTFire0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated–Phishing Scripts
BL4CK CYB3R0 aliasesCybercrimeCambodiaIdeologyIntermediate––
Section90 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Section9
TAG-1400 aliasesUnclassifiedPakistanUnknownNot rated–ClickFix
Educated Manticore0 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageNot rated–Guard
TiltedTemple2 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated––
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