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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.

Top target sectorsGovernment Education and Research Defense and Aerospace Ransomware victims in Iran →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 90 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	–
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	36	–
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	50	–
Scattered Spider6 aliases	Ransomware	Canada	Financial	Advanced	18	–
OilRig10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	34	–
APT389 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	65	–
MuddyWater18 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	27	–
APT3215 aliases	Nation-state APT	Vietnam	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
Transparent Tribe16 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
TeamPCP6 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	7	–
Snake9 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Espionage	Strategic	11	–
RansomHub3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	30	–
FSB Centre 1619 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	14	–
Clop1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	31	–
APT421 alias	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
APT277 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	17	–
Gamaredon9 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	5	–
Patchwork19 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	12	–
APT337 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	17	–
Medusa1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	23	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Inception10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	7	–

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