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Threat Actors Targeting Hong Kong.

Brandefense tracks 102 threat actors known to target Hong Kong. The most documented are Kimsuky, Lazarus Group and Sandworm. The sectors they target most are Government, Technology and Manufacturing.

24 of 48 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Lazarus Group16 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialStrategic39–
APT389 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced65–
AKIRA4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced54–
Lockbit8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced32–
Wizard Spider15 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialAdvanced68–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
DragonForce2 aliasesRansomwareMalaysiaFinancialAdvanced24–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
INC Ransom2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate36–
Safepay1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate18–
Mallox3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate23–
UNC47363 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced14–
TeamTNT4 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced4–
ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced16–
Moonstone Sleet2 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialModerate1–
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8–
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Fog1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate16–
Nightspire1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Gunra0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert––
8BASE1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
APT733 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Warlock1 aliasRansomwareChinaFinancialAdvanced2–
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