Threat actors by targeted country

Threat Actors Targeting Türkiye.

Brandefense tracks 178 threat actors known to target Türkiye. The most documented are APT28, Lazarus Group and Sandworm. The sectors they target most are Government, Manufacturing and Technology.

Top target sectorsGovernment Manufacturing Technology Ransomware victims in Türkiye →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 29 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	–
APT2928 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Strategic	27	–
APT357 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	50	–
MuddyWater18 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	27	–
APT415 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Strategic	29	–
FSB Centre 1619 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	14	–
APT277 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	17	–
Gamaredon9 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Ideology	Advanced	5	–
SideWinder11 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Ideology	Advanced	6	–
Bitter6 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Ideology	Advanced	16	–
Pioneer Kitten9 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	17	–
Winnti3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	15	–
Stealth Falcon3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	10	Deadglyph
MosesStaff7 aliases	Ransomware	Iran	Ideology	Moderate	1	–
SloppyLemming2 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Prince of Persia3 aliases	Unclassified	Iran	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
SCTH6 aliases	Unclassified	Indonesia	Ideology	Intermediate	1	–
Root Phantom0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Minimal	–	–
CYKOMNEPAL0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Minimal	–	–
Bytez70 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Minimal	–	–
YoroTrooper1 alias	Unclassified	Kazakhstan	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
Tunisian Maskers Cyber Force0 aliases	Unclassified	Tunisia	Ideology	Minimal	–	–
Livor0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Minimal	–	–

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