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Threat Actors Targeting Portugal.

Brandefense tracks 76 threat actors known to target Portugal. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Sandworm. The sectors they target most are Technology, Manufacturing and Finance.

Top target sectorsTechnology Manufacturing Finance Ransomware victims in Portugal →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 76 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Kimsuky8 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Ideology	Advanced	23	–
APT2828 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	48	–
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	36	–
APT2928 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	27	–
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	50	–
Scattered Spider6 aliases	Ransomware	Canada	Financial	Advanced	18	–
APT389 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	65	–
MuddyWater18 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	27	–
AKIRA4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	54	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
Lockbit8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	32	–
BlackBasta1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	65	–
Qilin5 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	18	–
DragonForce2 aliases	Ransomware	Malaysia	Financial	Advanced	24	–
Gamaredon9 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	5	–
INC Ransom2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	36	–
Medusa1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	23	–
Inception10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Safepay1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	18	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Mallox3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	23	–
Thegentlemen2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	–
APT-C-2318 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Contagious Interview7 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Financial	Advanced	2	–

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