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Threat Actors Targeting Saudi Arabia.

Brandefense tracks 120 threat actors known to target Saudi Arabia. The most documented are APT28, Lazarus Group and APT35. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Technology.

24 of 39 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Lazarus Group16 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialStrategic39–
APT389 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced65–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
DragonForce2 aliasesRansomwareMalaysiaFinancialAdvanced24–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
INC Ransom2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate36–
TA50511 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate27–
Safepay1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate18–
FIN713 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced8–
UNC47363 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced14–
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8–
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
8BASE1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
RansomExx8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced8–
APT733 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Warlock1 aliasRansomwareChinaFinancialAdvanced2–
Nova3 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced––
Krybit1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Funksec1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialLow––
RansomHouse1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Sinobi1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Mosad0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Vice Society3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
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