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Threat Actors Targeting Syria.

Brandefense tracks 34 threat actors known to target Syria. The most documented are APT28, Sandworm and APT35. The sectors they target most are Government, Defense and Aerospace, and Media and Entertainment.

23 of 23 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
OilRig10 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced34–
Ke3chang8 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced2–
Sea Turtle5 aliasesNation-state APTTürkiyeEspionageAdvanced6–
StrongPity4 aliasesNation-state APTTürkiyeEspionageAdvanced2–
WIRTE2 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
APT-C-2318 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced2–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
Molerats2 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
Ajax Security Team7 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced9–
Dark Caracal4 aliasesNation-state APTLebanonEspionageAdvanced––
Equation Group7 aliasesNation-state APTUnited StatesEspionageStrategic18–
Gelsemium2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3–
Cleaver5 aliasesCybercrimeIranEspionageAdvanced4–
Group51 aliasCybercrimeIranEspionageAdvanced1–
UAT-115870 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced––
Worok0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
APT-C-274 aliasesNation-state APTSyriaEspionageIntermediate1–
SNOWGLOBE3 aliasesNation-state APTFranceEspionageNot rated––
Safe0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
POISON CARP5 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
ItaDuke2 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageNot rated––
Scarab1 aliasRansomwareChinaEspionageNot rated––
ShaggyPanther0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated––
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