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Threat Actors Targeting The Government Sector.

Brandefense tracks 456 threat actors known to target the Government sector. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group.

48 of 178 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Windshift3 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced3–
RedCurl3 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageAdvanced––
ToddyCat2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced7–
Higaisa0 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced13–
StrongPity4 aliasesNation-state APTTürkiyeEspionageAdvanced2–
Thrip1 aliasNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageExpert1–
MirrorFace3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced9–
CURIUM5 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
WIRTE2 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
Winter Vivern4 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageAdvanced6–
The White Company2 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageIntermediate3NETWIRE
POLONIUM3 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced1–
HEXANE8 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
Night Dragon1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageIntermediate––
APT198 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced9–
DarkHotel3 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced16–
Whitefly0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
GALLIUM5 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
APT-C-2318 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced2–
APT175 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced22–
Tonto Team4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
APT58 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
DarkHydrus4 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced5–
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