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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.

96 of 314 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Rhysida1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
CURIUM5 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
Evil Corp4 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialAdvanced2–
TA5693 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate––
HEXANE8 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
Moonstone Sleet2 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialModerate1–
DarkHotel3 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced16–
TA5772 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate1–
Turla12 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyExpert2–
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8–
Evilnum4 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Whitefly0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1–
Fog1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate16–
Stealth Falcon3 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedIdeologyAdvanced10Deadglyph
MosesStaff7 aliasesRansomwareIranIdeologyModerate1–
Contagious Interview7 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced2–
APT175 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced22–
Cuba ransomware0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced5–
Lapsus$4 aliasesRansomwareBrazilFinancialModerate1–
GoldenEyeDog2 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyAdvanced2–
Netwalker0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedUnknownNot rated37–
APT58 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
Nightspire1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate––
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