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Threat Actors Targeting Canada.

Brandefense tracks 266 threat actors known to target Canada. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Manufacturing, Technology and Government.

Top target sectorsManufacturing Technology Government Ransomware victims in Canada →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 51 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	–
Transparent Tribe16 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Andariel19 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
APT421 alias	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
Patchwork19 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	12	–
Inception10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Leviathan15 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
Void Manticore5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	8	–
APT3910 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
RedCurl3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
StrongPity4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Türkiye	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
CURIUM5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
Whitefly0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
APT-C-2318 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
APT175 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
APT114 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Silent Librarian7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	14	–
Molerats2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Putter Panda9 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	10	–
Admin@3384 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	3	–
Ajax Security Team7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	9	–

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