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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.

96 of 124 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Underground0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
APT-C-601 aliasUnclassifiedSouth KoreaIdeologyAdvanced2–
CopyKittens3 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced1–
DBHunter0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
Devman1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Cleaver5 aliasesCybercrimeIranEspionageAdvanced4–
Poseidon Group1 aliasNation-state APTBrazilEspionageAdvanced––
0xfay0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Azraelzer0d4y0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Root Phantom0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Chinafans0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Blackshrantac0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedUnknownIntermediate––
KILLNET0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyIntermediate––
Auditteam0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
Pay2key0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Poloss0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
XYZ0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Sarcoma1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Blacknevas1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Lxrdk1773n0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyMinimal––
Adam22 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
Bouncing Golf0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedEspionageAdvanced––
S0BER0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
Babuk21 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
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