Threat Actors Targeting South Africa.
| Actor | Type | Origin | Motivation | Sophistication | Exploited CVEs | Top malware |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – |
| Silk Typhoon5 aliases | Nation-state APT | China | Ideology | Advanced | 17 | – |
| Revil1 alias | Ransomware | Russia | Financial | Advanced | 25 | – |
| Blackshadow6 aliases | Ransomware | Iran | Ideology | Advanced | 7 | – |
| Winnti3 aliases | Nation-state APT | China | Ideology | Advanced | 15 | – |
| StrongPity4 aliases | Nation-state APT | Türkiye | Espionage | Advanced | 2 | – |
| FIN84 aliases | Cybercrime | Unattributed | Financial | Moderate | 8 | – |
| ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliases | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Advanced | 16 | – |
| Rhysida1 alias | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Moderate | – | – |
| Turla12 aliases | Unclassified | Unattributed | Ideology | Expert | 2 | – |
| Thegentlemen2 aliases | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Advanced | 1 | – |
| GALLIUM5 aliases | Nation-state APT | China | Espionage | Advanced | 5 | – |
| Contagious Interview7 aliases | Nation-state APT | North Korea | Financial | Advanced | 2 | – |
| Nightspire1 alias | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Intermediate | – | – |
| Vect2 aliases | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Moderate | – | – |
| BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases | Nation-state APT | China | Espionage | Advanced | 6 | – |
| Conti2 aliases | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Advanced | 6 | – |
| BlackSuit2 aliases | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Advanced | 1 | – |
| 8BASE1 alias | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Moderate | – | – |
| APT114 aliases | Nation-state APT | China | Espionage | Advanced | 1 | – |
| APT733 aliases | Ransomware | Unattributed | Financial | Intermediate | – | – |
| Silent Librarian7 aliases | Nation-state APT | Iran | Espionage | Advanced | 14 | – |
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