Threat actors by targeted country

Threat Actors Targeting South Africa.

Brandefense tracks 92 threat actors known to target South Africa. The most documented are APT28, OilRig and APT38. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Finance.

Top target sectorsGovernment Manufacturing Finance Ransomware victims in South Africa →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

22 of 22 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	–
Andariel19 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
Daggerfly2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	3	CloudScout
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	–
StrongPity4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Türkiye	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
GALLIUM5 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
APT114 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Silent Librarian7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	14	–
Equation Group7 aliases	Nation-state APT	United States	Espionage	Strategic	18	–
Axiom3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
SilverTerrier0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Nigeria	Espionage	Advanced	10	–
Earth Krahang0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Worok0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Not rated	–	–
TeamSpy Crew4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Not rated	–	–
SWEED0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Not rated	–	–
Careto, The Mask4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Spain	Espionage	Not rated	–	–

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