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Threat Actors Targeting Canada.

Brandefense tracks 289 threat actors known to target Canada. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Manufacturing, Technology and Finance.

Top target sectorsManufacturing Technology Finance Ransomware victims in Canada →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 289 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
APT2828 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	44	ADVSTORESHELL
Kimsuky8 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Ideology	Advanced	20	64677CAE14A2EC4D393A81548417B61B
Lazarus Group16 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Strategic	35	3CX Backdoor
APT2928 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	25	AADInternals
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	34	A0Backdoor
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	Anatsa
APT389 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	49	AdaptixC2
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	47	AnchorRat
APT415 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Strategic	27	ACEHASH
MuddyWater18 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	21	ArenaC2
Scattered Spider6 aliases	Ransomware	Canada	Financial	Advanced	9	0ktapus
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	AssemblyExecuter
AKIRA4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	43	01flip
Shinyhunters5 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	13	A0Backdoor
TeamPCP6 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	5	AdaptixC2
Transparent Tribe16 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	5	.NET-based loader
Volt Typhoon7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	41	COATHANGER
Lockbit8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	27	01flip
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	32	ANTSWORD
BlackBasta1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	47	Akira ransomware
FSB Centre 1619 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	14	Amadey
Qilin5 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	12	ABYSSWORKER
RansomHub3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	28	Akira ransomware
FIN713 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	8	7Logger

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