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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.

48 of 51 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Termite3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Krybit1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Hunters0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Lockbit53 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
RansomHouse1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Lynx1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Hunters International1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Cactus1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced3–
Devman1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Payload0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Deadlock0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Sarcoma1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Ransomedvc3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Kazu0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Kazu
DarkVault0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Kill Security2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Snatch2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
GOLD MANSARD0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Fxmsp2 aliasesCybercrimeKazakhstanFinancialNot rated––
Orova0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
MedUSlocker1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Void Balaur1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Karakurt1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
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