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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.

216 of 329 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Zawoo1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Zawoo
Ailock0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Ailock
Storm-29900 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced–CoGUI
Storm-31191 aliasCybercrimeChinaFinancialIntermediate–CoGUI
Sorb0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
GreenSpot4 aliasesNation-state APTTaiwanEspionageIntermediate4ZxShell
ShadowByt3s1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–telegram
Vice Society3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–BlackCat
TA4190 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
Fulcrumsec0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1Fulcrumsec
UTA05650 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–CLEANGULP
Storm-26570 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Threeam1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert–3AM
Bytez70 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Deadlock0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–ABYSSWORKER
RevengeHotels1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–888 RAT
Irene1 aliasUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
KILLNET0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyIntermediate–Mirai Botnet
UNC70051 aliasNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageIntermediate–ATOMIC
Auditteam0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Auditteam
GhostRedirector0 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced–Gamshen
Pay2key0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Pay2Key
Devman20 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Storm-23720 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyAdvanced––
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