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Threat Actors Targeting Belarus.

Brandefense tracks 42 threat actors known to target Belarus. The most documented are APT28, Sandworm and APT29. The sectors they target most are Government, Defense and Aerospace, and Finance.

Top target sectorsGovernment Defense and Aerospace Finance Ransomware victims in Belarus →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 42 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
APT2828 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	48	–
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	36	–
APT2928 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	27	–
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	50	–
APT389 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	65	–
MuddyWater18 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	27	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
Snake9 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Espionage	Strategic	11	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
FSB Centre 1619 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	14	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Inception10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Cobalt Group7 aliases	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Moderate	17	–
Violet Typhoon8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	2	–
Winnti3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	15	–
Silence6 aliases	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Moderate	8	–
Beast Ransomware1 alias	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Intermediate	–	–
RTM3 aliases	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Moderate	7	–
PhantomCore2 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	2	–
Funksec1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Low	–	–
Core Werewolf0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Not rated	–	–
MoustachedBouncer1 alias	Nation-state APT	Belarus	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Sticky Werewolf3 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Not rated	–	–
TA4591 alias	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Expert	2	–

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