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Threat Actors Targeting Lebanon.

Brandefense tracks 50 threat actors known to target Lebanon. The most documented are APT29, APT35 and OilRig. The sectors they target most are Government, Finance, and Education and Research.

24 of 25 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
OilRig10 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced34–
APT421 aliasNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced6–
Inception10 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageAdvanced7–
Sea Turtle5 aliasesNation-state APTTürkiyeEspionageAdvanced6–
Higaisa0 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced13–
StrongPity4 aliasesNation-state APTTürkiyeEspionageAdvanced2–
CURIUM5 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
WIRTE2 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
POLONIUM3 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced1–
DarkHotel3 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced16–
APT-C-2318 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced2–
DarkHydrus4 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced5–
Molerats2 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
Ajax Security Team7 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced9–
Dark Caracal4 aliasesNation-state APTLebanonEspionageAdvanced––
Equation Group7 aliasesNation-state APTUnited StatesEspionageStrategic18–
Leafminer3 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced1–
Volatile Cedar4 aliasesNation-state APTLebanonEspionageAdvanced3–
Gelsemium2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3–
Cleaver5 aliasesCybercrimeIranEspionageAdvanced4–
Bouncing Golf0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedEspionageAdvanced––
Worok0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
DNSpionage0 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageNot rated––
Cold River2 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageNot rated––
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