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Threat Actors Targeting Japan.

Brandefense tracks 203 threat actors known to target Japan. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Technology, Manufacturing and Government.

72 of 108 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Sinobi1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Everest3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Lynx1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
MEOW1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Hunters International1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Kawa40961 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Underground0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Cactus1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced3–
Devman1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
RagnarLocker1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Settra0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Payload0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Ailock0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Storm-29900 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced–CoGUI
Storm-31191 aliasCybercrimeChinaFinancialIntermediate––
LV0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Storm-30750 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Fox Tempest0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
TA49220 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced––
Threeam1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert––
Auditteam0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Sarcoma1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Abyss3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
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