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Threat Actors Targeting Japan.

Brandefense tracks 221 threat actors known to target Japan. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Technology, Manufacturing and Government.

168 of 221 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
LV0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–njRAT
Storm-30750 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Broomstick
Fox Tempest0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Broomstick
COOKIE SPIDER0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Atomic macOS Stealer
TA49220 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced–Atlas RAT
TA4190 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
Threeam1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert–3AM
KILLNET0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyIntermediate–Mirai Botnet
Nitro, Covert Grove2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Farfli
Scattered Canary0 aliasesUnclassifiedNigeriaUnknownNot rated––
Auditteam0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Auditteam
UAT-78100 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–DOGLEASH
Devman20 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Sarcoma1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–Sarcoma
Abyss3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–Abyss
Worldleaks1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Everest
UNK_ColtCentury3 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–Cobalt Strike
0xSec0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
Babuk21 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Babuk
Worok0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–CLRLoad
Shadowbyt3$0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Shadowbyt3$
DataLeak0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–DataLeak
StormouS-X4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialInnovator–Stormous
Coinbasecartel2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Coinbasecartel
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