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Threat Actors Targeting Afghanistan.

Brandefense tracks 49 threat actors known to target Afghanistan. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Sandworm. The sectors they target most are Government, Telecommunications, and Defense and Aerospace.

Top target sectorsGovernment Telecommunications Defense and Aerospace Ransomware victims in Afghanistan →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 49 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Kimsuky8 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Ideology	Advanced	23	–
APT2828 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	48	–
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	36	–
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	50	–
OilRig10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	34	–
MuddyWater18 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	27	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	–
Transparent Tribe16 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Snake9 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Espionage	Strategic	11	–
RansomHub3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	30	–
Andariel19 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
FSB Centre 1619 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	14	–
Patchwork19 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	12	–
SideWinder11 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Ideology	Advanced	6	–
SideCopy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Inception10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
APT-C-364 aliases	Cybercrime	Colombia	Financial	Moderate	1	–
ToddyCat2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Higaisa0 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	13	–
DarkHotel3 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	16	–

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