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Threat Actors Targeting New Zealand.

Brandefense tracks 71 threat actors known to target New Zealand. The most documented are Lazarus Group, Sandworm and APT29. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing, and Education and Research.

Top target sectorsGovernment Manufacturing Education and Research Ransomware victims in New Zealand →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 40 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Lazarus Group16 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Strategic	39	–
AKIRA4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	54	–
Lockbit8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	32	–
BlackBasta1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	65	–
Wizard Spider15 aliases	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Advanced	68	–
Qilin5 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	18	–
RansomHub3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	30	–
DragonForce2 aliases	Ransomware	Malaysia	Financial	Advanced	24	–
Storm-18110 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	63	–
Clop1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	31	–
INC Ransom2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	36	–
TA50511 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	27	–
Medusa1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	23	–
Safepay1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	18	–
BlackByte2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	7	–
Revil1 alias	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	25	–
UNC47363 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	14	–
ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	16	–
Silence6 aliases	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Moderate	8	–
8BASE1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	–
Hunters0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	–
Chaos1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	–
Anubis3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	–
Settra0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	–

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