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Threat Actors Targeting Canada.

Brandefense tracks 280 threat actors known to target Canada. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky 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

120 of 280 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Elderwood3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	8	Briba
Nova3 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	–	Akira ransomware
Orangeworm1 alias	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	–	Kwampirs
Termite3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	Babuk
Krybit1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Krybit
Fog Ransomware0 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	15	anydesk
LazyScripter1 alias	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	1	Empire
Funksec1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Low	–	FunkLocker
Hunters0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	hive
Lockbit53 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Akira ransomware
Lynx1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	01flip
Admin@3384 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	3	BeaverTail
Machete7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	–	Loki RAT
RansomHouse1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	Akira ransomware
Volatile Cedar4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Lebanon	Espionage	Advanced	3	ASPXSpy
Direwolf0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Sinobi1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Everest3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Bravox0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Bravox
Redact2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	1	Helix
Silent4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Akira ransomware
Chaos1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	BlackSnake
Kraken1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Kraken
SilverTerrier0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Nigeria	Espionage	Advanced	10	Agent Tesla

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