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Threat Actors Targeting South Korea.

Brandefense tracks 164 threat actors known to target South Korea. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Technology.

164 of 164 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Safe0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–TypeConfig
SWEED0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageNot rated–Agent Tesla
Dark Basin1 aliasNation-state APTIndiaEspionageNot rated––
GhostNet1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Farfli
SparklingGoblin0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced–CROSSWALK
BRONZE SPRING1 aliasUnclassifiedChinaUnknownNot rated––
RATicate0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageNot rated–Agent Tesla
GambleForce0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–Cobalt Strike
Gangnam Industrial Style0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated–LaZagne
Hades3 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialNot rated–Brave Prince
i-Soon0 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced––
SLIME880 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–AdaptixC2
Wassonite0 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaEspionageNot rated–AppleSeed
PlushDaemon0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–SlowStepper
Honeybee1 aliasNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageNot rated–SYSCON
TIDRONE0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageNot rated–CLNTEND
Xiaoqiying2 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyNot rated––
Yanbian Gang0 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialNot rated–Android
Larva-260050 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageNot rated–Xctdoor
SkidSec1 aliasUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
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