Threat actors by targeted country

Threat Actors Targeting the United Kingdom.

Brandefense tracks 314 threat actors known to target the United Kingdom. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Manufacturing, Technology and Government.

Top target sectorsManufacturing Technology Government Ransomware victims in the United Kingdom →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

24 of 76 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
OilRig10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	34	–
APT3215 aliases	Nation-state APT	Vietnam	Espionage	Advanced	22	–
GhostEmperor7 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Strategic	47	–
Transparent Tribe16 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	5	–
Andariel19 aliases	Nation-state APT	North Korea	Espionage	Advanced	37	–
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	–
Patchwork19 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	12	–
APT337 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	17	–
SideCopy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
UAC-005615 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	15	–
Aquatic Panda2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	19	–
Inception10 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Ke3chang8 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	2	–
Leviathan15 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
APT316 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	10	–
Void Manticore5 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	8	–
APT3910 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	9	–
Windshift3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	3	–
RedCurl3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	–	–
ToddyCat2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	7	–
Higaisa0 aliases	Nation-state APT	South Korea	Espionage	Advanced	13	–
StrongPity4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Türkiye	Espionage	Advanced	2	–

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