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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.

24 of 58 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Lazarus Group16 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialStrategic39–
Scattered Spider6 aliasesRansomwareCanadaFinancialAdvanced18–
APT389 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced65–
AKIRA4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced54–
TeamPCP6 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced7–
Lockbit8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced32–
Wizard Spider15 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialAdvanced68–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
INC Ransom2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate36–
TA50511 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate27–
Mallox3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate23–
Revil1 aliasRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced25–
UNC47363 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced14–
Moonstone Sleet2 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialModerate1–
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8–
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Contagious Interview7 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced2–
Cuba ransomware0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced5–
Lapsus$4 aliasesRansomwareBrazilFinancialModerate1–
Nightspire1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
PLAY1 aliasRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced––
Gunra0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert––
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