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Threat Actors Targeting Ireland.

Brandefense tracks 58 threat actors known to target Ireland. The most documented are APT28, APT29 and APT38. The sectors they target most are Government, Technology and Finance.

48 of 58 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
DarkHotel3 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced16–
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8–
Evilnum4 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Fog1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate16–
PLAY1 aliasRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced––
Conti2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Beast Ransomware1 aliasCybercrimeRussiaFinancialIntermediate––
CyberAv3ngers1 aliasNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
Silent Librarian7 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced14–
Termite3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Hunters0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
RansomHouse1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
MEOW1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Hunters International1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Water Hydra2 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Suckfly6 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced7–
APT-C-601 aliasUnclassifiedSouth KoreaIdeologyAdvanced2–
GhostWriter6 aliasesUnclassifiedBelarusIdeologyAdvanced––
0xfay0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Cephalus0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
ZanzxyyXploit0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyIntermediate––
Kazu0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Kazu
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