Threat actors by targeted country

Threat Actors Targeting the Philippines.

Brandefense tracks 121 threat actors known to target the Philippines. The most documented are Lazarus Group, APT38 and MuddyWater. The sectors they target most are Government, Technology and Manufacturing.

Top target sectorsGovernment Technology Manufacturing Ransomware victims in the Philippines →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 121 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	–
APT389 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	65	–
MuddyWater18 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	27	–
APT415 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Strategic	29	–
APT3215 aliases	Nation-state APT	Vietnam	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	–
Lockbit8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	32	–
Snake9 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Espionage	Strategic	11	–
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	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
Clop1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	31	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
APT277 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	17	–
Daggerfly2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	3	CloudScout
INC Ransom2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	36	–
SideWinder11 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Ideology	Advanced	6	–
Medusa1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	23	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Safepay1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	18	–
BlackByte2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	7	–

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