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Threat Actors Targeting Iran.

Brandefense tracks 90 threat actors known to target Iran. The most documented are APT28, Lazarus Group and Sandworm. The sectors they target most are Government, Education and Research, and Defense and Aerospace.

23 of 23 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Lazarus Group16 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialStrategic39–
Scattered Spider6 aliasesRansomwareCanadaFinancialAdvanced18–
APT389 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced65–
TeamPCP6 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced7–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
Medusa1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced23–
UNC47363 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced14–
Rhysida1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
APT733 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Funksec1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialLow––
IntelBroker1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate1–
Direwolf0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Mosad0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps2 aliasesCybercrimeIranFinancialAdvanced––
Adam22 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Babuk21 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
StormouS-X4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialInnovator––
GOLD MANSARD0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Raznatovic0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Arvin Club0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Roaming Mantis2 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Icefire0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
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