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Threat actors by targeted country

Threat Actors Targeting the United Kingdom.

Brandefense tracks 327 threat actors known to target the United Kingdom. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Manufacturing, Technology and Government.

120 of 167 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Sarcoma1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–Sarcoma
Abyss3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–Abyss
Worldleaks1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Everest
Cephalus0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Akira ransomware
D1r1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert–Exfilsquad
Babuk21 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Babuk
Money Message1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–BlackLotus
Shadowbyt3$0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Shadowbyt3$
Emotet Group5 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–BlackCat
StormouS-X4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialInnovator–Stormous
Coinbasecartel2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Coinbasecartel
Ransomedvc3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Ransomed
Quantum8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Quantum
DeathStalker1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–EVILNUM
Radar1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Radar
Kazu0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Kazu
Genesis0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Genesis
DarkVault0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–DarkVault
Kill Security2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Kill Security
CiphBit0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialLow–CiphBit
Pysa5 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–ChaChi
Malas1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Malas
D0nut1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–D0nut
Metaencryptor0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Metaencryptor
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