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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.

168 of 327 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Suckfly6 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced7ASPXSpy
Embargo0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Embargo
MEOW1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Meow
Icefog, Dagger Panda4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–8.t Dropper
Cleaver5 aliasesCybercrimeIranEspionageAdvanced4BellaCPP
Hunters International1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–KaWaLocker
MoustachedBouncer1 aliasNation-state APTBelarusEspionageAdvanced1Disco
BlackFile4 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Prince of Persia3 aliasesUnclassifiedIranIdeologyAdvanced–Amaq News Finder
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6Akira ransomware
MoneyTaker0 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialNot rated–Citadel
Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), Deadeye Jackal5 aliasesNation-state APTSyriaEspionageNot rated–AndoServer
APT204 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced–PoisonIvy
BlackOasis1 aliasNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced5FinFisher
Cactus1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced3Cactus
Anubis3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Anubis
TeamSpy Crew4 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageNot rated–ArdaMax
Arkana1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Arkana
Devman1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–BlackLock
Gelsemium2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced3ASPXSpy
Careto, The Mask4 aliasesNation-state APTSpainEspionageNot rated––
QuietCrabs0 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyAdvanced–Babuk
CUBA2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Akira ransomware
UNC29700 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyAdvanced–ClickFix
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