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Threat Actors Targeting Pakistan.

Brandefense tracks 113 threat actors known to target Pakistan. The most documented are APT28, Lazarus Group and Sandworm. The sectors they target most are Government, Education and Research, and Manufacturing.

Top target sectorsGovernment Education and Research Manufacturing Ransomware victims in Pakistan →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 46 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
OilRig10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	34	–
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	–
Transparent Tribe16 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Snake9 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Espionage	Strategic	11	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Patchwork19 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	12	–
APT337 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	17	–
SideCopy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Inception10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
APT3910 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
Windshift3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	3	–
ToddyCat2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Higaisa0 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	13	–
The White Company2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Intermediate	3	NETWIRE
DarkHotel3 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	16	–
APT-C-2318 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
APT175 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Tonto Team4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
Confucius2 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	3	–
Ajax Security Team7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	9	–

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