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Threat Actors Targeting Bahrain.

Brandefense tracks 29 threat actors known to target Bahrain. The most documented are APT35, OilRig and MuddyWater. The sectors they target most are Government, Energy and Utilities, and Manufacturing.

Top target sectorsGovernment Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Ransomware victims in Bahrain →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 29 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
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	–
DragonForce2 aliases	Ransomware	Malaysia	Financial	Advanced	24	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
BianLian1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	13	Akira ransomware
APT337 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	17	–
INC Ransom2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	36	–
BlackByte2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	7	–
Bitter6 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Ideology	Advanced	16	–
Pioneer Kitten9 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	17	–
Void Manticore5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	8	–
Blackshadow6 aliases	Ransomware	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	7	–
Windshift3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	3	–
CURIUM5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
The White Company2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Intermediate	3	NETWIRE
Iran1 alias	Unclassified	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
DarkHydrus4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Molerats2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Axiom3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Leafminer3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Prince of Persia3 aliases	Unclassified	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Cleaver5 aliases	Cybercrime	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	4	–

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