Threat actors by targeted country

Threat Actors Targeting the United Arab Emirates.

Brandefense tracks 124 threat actors known to target the United Arab Emirates. The most documented are APT28, APT29 and APT35. The sectors they target most are Government, Technology and Manufacturing.

Top target sectorsGovernment Technology Manufacturing Ransomware victims in the United Arab Emirates →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 29 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
OilRig10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	34	–
Earth Lusca4 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
menuPass8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
APT421 alias	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
APT337 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	17	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Inception10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Void Manticore5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	8	–
APT3910 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
Sea Turtle5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Türkiye	Espionage	Advanced	6	–
Higaisa0 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	13	–
CURIUM5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
The White Company2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Intermediate	3	NETWIRE
HEXANE8 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
DarkHotel3 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	16	–
DarkHydrus4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
APT114 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Molerats2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Ajax Security Team7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
Equation Group7 aliases	Nation-state APT	United States	Espionage	Strategic	18	–
Leafminer3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	1	–
Gorgon Group5 aliases	Cybercrime	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
SilverTerrier0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Nigeria	Espionage	Advanced	10	–
Volatile Cedar4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Lebanon	Espionage	Advanced	3	–

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