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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.

96 of 544 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
UNC47363 aliasesNation-state APTNorth KoreaFinancialAdvanced14–
Sea Turtle5 aliasesNation-state APTTürkiyeEspionageAdvanced6–
Blackshadow6 aliasesRansomwareIranIdeologyAdvanced7–
Winnti3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaIdeologyAdvanced15–
RedCurl3 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageAdvanced––
Higaisa0 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced13–
StrongPity4 aliasesNation-state APTTürkiyeEspionageAdvanced2–
Thrip1 aliasNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageExpert1–
FIN84 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate8–
MirrorFace3 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced9–
ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced16–
Rhysida1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
CURIUM5 aliasesNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced––
Evil Corp4 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialAdvanced2–
Winter Vivern4 aliasesNation-state APTRussiaEspionageAdvanced6–
TA5693 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Night Dragon1 aliasNation-state APTChinaEspionageIntermediate––
Royal3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
APT198 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced9–
Moonstone Sleet2 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialModerate1–
DarkHotel3 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced16–
TA5772 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate1–
Turla12 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedIdeologyExpert2–
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8–
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