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Threat Actors Targeting Ecuador.

Brandefense tracks 49 threat actors known to target Ecuador. The most documented are APT28, Lazarus Group and APT38. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Finance.

Top target sectorsGovernment Manufacturing Finance Ransomware victims in Ecuador →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 49 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
APT2828 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	48	–
Lazarus Group16 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Strategic	39	–
APT389 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	65	–
AKIRA4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	54	–
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	–
Lockbit8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	32	–
Qilin5 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	18	–
RansomHub3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	30	–
DragonForce2 aliases	Ransomware	Malaysia	Financial	Advanced	24	–
FSB Centre 1619 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	14	–
INC Ransom2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	36	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
APT-C-364 aliases	Cybercrime	Colombia	Financial	Moderate	1	–
Turla12 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Expert	2	–
Thegentlemen2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	–
Fog1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	16	–
Cuba ransomware0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	5	–
Nightspire1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
RansomExx8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	8	–
Warlock1 alias	Ransomware	China	Financial	Advanced	2	–
Dark Caracal4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Lebanon	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
Equation Group7 aliases	Nation-state APT	United States	Espionage	Strategic	18	–

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