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Threat Actors Targeting Germany.

Brandefense tracks 293 threat actors known to target Germany. 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 Germany →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

144 of 293 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Water Hydra2 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	DarkGate
Everest3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Bravox0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Bravox
APT1212 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	–	EtumBot
Equation Group7 aliases	Nation-state APT	United States	Espionage	Strategic	14	Bvp47
Chaos1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	BlackSnake
Kraken1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Kraken
Suckfly6 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	7	ASPXSpy
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
Kawa40961 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Hive1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	6	Akira ransomware
Mofang0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	–	MimiKatz
Underground0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Not rated	–	Underground
Aquahack0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Unknown	Not rated	–	–
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

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