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Threat Actors Targeting South Korea.

Brandefense tracks 156 threat actors known to target South Korea. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Technology.

48 of 63 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Naikon0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
Putter Panda9 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced10–
Admin@3384 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3–
Ajax Security Team7 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced9–
APT305 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
PittyTiger5 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
Dark Caracal4 aliasesNation-state APTLebanonEspionageAdvanced––
Equation Group7 aliasesNation-state APTUnited StatesEspionageStrategic18–
Axiom3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
Leafminer3 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced1–
APT189 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
Machete7 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced––
SilverTerrier0 aliasesNation-state APTNigeriaEspionageAdvanced10–
Flax Typhoon2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
Suckfly6 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced7–
Earth Baxia0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
Gelsemium2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3–
Cleaver5 aliasesCybercrimeIranEspionageAdvanced4–
Earth Krahang0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced2–
Mofang0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
TEMP.Hermit0 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaEspionageAdvanced––
Worok0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
Crypto240 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedEspionageIntermediate––
Icefog, Dagger Panda4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
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