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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.

167 of 167 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
M3rx0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–M3rx
Cicada 33011 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Cicada3301
TA5300 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialNot rated–AbaddonPOS
TA5471 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Android
Corkow, Metel2 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialNot rated––
Grief3 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced–BitPaymer
Playboy1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Playboy
Silentransomgroup0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Silentransomgroup
Bamboo Spider, TA5442 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Chthonic
Booba-project0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Booba-project
Cmdorganization0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Cmdorganization
Radiant0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialMinimal––
Global1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Global
Gangnam Industrial Style0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated–LaZagne
Retefe Gang, Operation Emmental2 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialNot rated–Citadel
TA5541 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated–DarkVNC
Cron0 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialNot rated–Catelites
Datacarry0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Datacarry
Redalert1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Redalert
Tridentlocker0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Tridentlocker
Tortilla0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Babuk
OurMine2 aliasesCybercrimeSaudi ArabiaFinancialNot rated––
Achilles0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialNot rated––
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