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Threat Actors Targeting North Korea.

Brandefense tracks 41 threat actors known to target North Korea. The most documented are Kimsuky, Lazarus Group and APT35. The sectors they target most are Technology, Government and Manufacturing.

41 of 41 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Funksec1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialLow––
Equation Group7 aliasesNation-state APTUnited StatesEspionageStrategic18–
Lockbit53 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Everest3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Lynx1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Gelsemium2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3–
Settra0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Payload0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Auditteam0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Worok0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
Coinbasecartel1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Metaencryptor0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Space Bears2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Raznatovic0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
NoEscape0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
Flocker0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
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