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Threat Actors Targeting Malaysia.

Brandefense tracks 149 threat actors known to target Malaysia. The most documented are APT28, Lazarus Group and APT38. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Technology.

24 of 60 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Lazarus Group16 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialStrategic39–
APT389 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced65–
AKIRA4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced54–
Lockbit8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced32–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
DragonForce2 aliasesRansomwareMalaysiaFinancialAdvanced24–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
INC Ransom2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate36–
Safepay1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate18–
Cobalt Group7 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate17–
UNC47363 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced14–
ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced16–
Rhysida1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Royal3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Moonstone Sleet2 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialModerate1–
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8–
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Fog1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate16–
Nightspire1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Blackmatter0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Gunra0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert––
Beast Ransomware1 aliasCybercrimeRussiaFinancialIntermediate––
APT733 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
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