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Threat Actors Targeting Nigeria.

Brandefense tracks 50 threat actors known to target Nigeria. The most documented are Lazarus Group, Sandworm and OilRig. The sectors they target most are Manufacturing, Government and Technology.

Top target sectorsManufacturing Government Technology Ransomware victims in Nigeria →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 50 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	–
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	36	–
OilRig10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	34	–
APT389 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	65	–
AKIRA4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	54	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
Qilin5 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	18	–
RansomHub3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	30	–
DragonForce2 aliases	Ransomware	Malaysia	Financial	Advanced	24	–
Andariel19 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
Gamaredon9 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	5	–
Daggerfly2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	3	CloudScout
INC Ransom2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	36	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	16	–
Nightspire1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
BlackSuit2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	–
Funksec1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Low	–	–
Equation Group7 aliases	Nation-state APT	United States	Espionage	Strategic	18	–
Yurei0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	–
SilverTerrier0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Nigeria	Espionage	Advanced	10	–

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