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Threat Actors Targeting Kenya.

Brandefense tracks 41 threat actors known to target Kenya. The most documented are APT38, Transparent Tribe and Lockbit. The sectors they target most are Manufacturing, Government, and Education and Research.

24 of 41 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
APT389 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced65–
Transparent Tribe16 aliasesNation-state APTPakistanEspionageAdvanced5–
Lockbit8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced32–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
INC Ransom2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate36–
Inception10 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageAdvanced7–
Storm-05010 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced9–
ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced16–
Rhysida1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8–
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Contagious Interview7 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced2–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
RansomExx8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced8–
APT733 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Nova3 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced––
Funksec1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialLow––
Equation Group7 aliasesNation-state APTUnited StatesEspionageStrategic18–
Hunters0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Flax Typhoon2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
Devman1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Gelsemium2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3–
Raxor4040 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
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