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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.

Top target sectorsGovernment Defense and Aerospace Media and Entertainment Ransomware victims in Syria →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 34 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
APT2828 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	48	–
Sandworm5 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	36	–
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	50	–
OilRig10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	34	–
Mustang Panda11 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	13	–
FSB Centre 1619 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	14	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Sea Turtle5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Türkiye	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
StrongPity4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Türkiye	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
WIRTE2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Turla12 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Expert	2	–
APT-C-2318 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
Molerats2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Ajax Security Team7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
Dark Caracal4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Lebanon	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
Equation Group7 aliases	Nation-state APT	United States	Espionage	Strategic	18	–
Prince of Persia3 aliases	Unclassified	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Gelsemium2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	3	–
Cleaver5 aliases	Cybercrime	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	4	–
Group51 alias	Cybercrime	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
UAT-115870 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
Worok0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Not rated	–	–
APT-C-274 aliases	Nation-state APT	Syria	Espionage	Intermediate	1	–

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