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Threat actors by targeted country

Threat Actors Targeting the United States.

Brandefense tracks 595 threat actors known to target the United States. The most documented are APT28, Kimsuky and Lazarus Group. The sectors they target most are Manufacturing, Technology and Government.

168 of 284 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Storm-27550 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Storm-26570 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
RogueRaticate1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate1DarkGate
Threeam1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert–3AM
Deadlock0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–ABYSSWORKER
RevengeHotels1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–888 RAT
GhostRedirector0 aliasesCybercrimeChinaFinancialAdvanced–Gamshen
Pay2key0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Pay2Key
Ignoble Scorpius0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–BlackSuit
Jasper Sleet1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Gandcrab1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–GandCrab
Sarcoma1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–Sarcoma
Abyss3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate–Abyss
Worldleaks1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Everest
Cephalus0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Akira ransomware
D1r1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert–Exfilsquad
Babuk2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Babuk
Babuk21 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Babuk
Money Message1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–BlackLotus
Blacknevas1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Akira ransomware
Shadowbyt3$0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Shadowbyt3$
Emotet Group5 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–BlackCat
Xpl0itrs0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialNot rated–Xpl0itrs
Ethan Foltz0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–FBot
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