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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

144 of 280 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
ETSO2 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	–
Embargo0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Embargo
MEOW1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Meow
Icefog, Dagger Panda4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Not rated	–	8.t Dropper
Cleaver5 aliases	Cybercrime	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	4	BellaCPP
Hunters International1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	KaWaLocker
Prince of Persia3 aliases	Unclassified	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	–	Amaq News Finder
FIN101 alias	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	KOMPROGO
Water Hydra2 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	DarkGate
Hive1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	6	Akira ransomware
Mofang0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	–	MimiKatz
Daixin1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	Daixin
Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), Deadeye Jackal5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Syria	Espionage	Not rated	–	AndoServer
Underground0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Underground
Rupert0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Unknown	Not rated	–	–
Cactus1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	3	Cactus
Anubis3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Anubis
TeamSpy Crew4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Not rated	–	ArdaMax
Devman1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	BlackLock
Icarus0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Icarus
RipperSec0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Intermediate	–	megaMedusa
WildNeutron4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Not rated	–	HesperBot
Trinity0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	FrameworkPOS
Red Heron0 aliases	Unclassified	China	Ideology	Advanced	–	JITTERLY

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