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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.

96 of 156 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––
Naikon APT0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyAdvanced1–
Funksec1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialLow––
Equation Group7 aliasesNation-state APTUnited StatesEspionageStrategic18–
Hunters0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Axiom3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
Leafminer3 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced1–
TGR-STA-10301 aliasUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
APT189 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
Machete7 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced––
SilverTerrier0 aliasesNation-state APTNigeriaEspionageAdvanced10–
Flax Typhoon2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6–
Suckfly6 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced7–
Underground0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Aquahack0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
Rupert0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
Anubis3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
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