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Threat actors by targeted country

Threat Actors Targeting the United States.

Brandefense tracks 544 threat actors known to target the United States. The most documented are Kimsuky, APT28 and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Technology, Manufacturing and Government.

48 of 132 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
StrongPity4 aliasesNation-state APTTürkiyeEspionageAdvanced2–
Thrip1 aliasNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageExpert1–
MirrorFace3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced9–
CURIUM5 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
Winter Vivern4 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageAdvanced6–
Night Dragon1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageIntermediate––
APT198 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced9–
DarkHotel3 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced16–
Whitefly0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
APT-C-2318 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced2–
APT175 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced22–
Tonto Team4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
APT58 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
Confucius2 aliasesNation-state APTIndiaEspionageAdvanced3–
APT114 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
Ferocious Kitten1 aliasNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced1–
CyberAv3ngers1 aliasNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
TEMP.Veles4 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageAdvanced1–
Taidoor0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced4–
Dust Storm2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced5–
Silent Librarian7 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced14–
Molerats2 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
Naikon0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
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