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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

16 of 16 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
APT2828 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	48	–
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	36	–
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	50	–
MuddyWater18 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	27	–
APT415 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Strategic	29	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
FSB Centre 1619 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	14	–
Gamaredon9 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	5	–
SideWinder11 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Ideology	Advanced	6	–
Bitter6 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Ideology	Advanced	16	–
Winnti3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	15	–
GoldenEyeDog2 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	2	–
SloppyLemming2 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
APT-C-601 alias	Unclassified	South Korea	Ideology	Advanced	2	–
0xfay0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Minimal	–	–
ZanzxyyXploit0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Intermediate	–	–

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