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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.

120 of 595 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
APT198 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced9–
CyberAv3ngers1 aliasNation-state APTIranEspionageAdvanced–IOControl
DarkHotel3 aliasesNation-state APTSouth KoreaEspionageAdvanced16–
TA5772 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate1–
Silence6 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate8Atmosphere
Evilnum4 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate–Cardinal RAT
Whitefly0 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced1–
Thegentlemen2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1Akira ransomware
Moonstone Sleet2 aliasesCybercrimeNorth KoreaFinancialModerate1–
Sicarii0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialMinimal1–
APT-C-2318 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedEspionageAdvanced2AridSpy
Stealth Falcon3 aliasesNation-state APTUnattributedIdeologyAdvanced10Deadglyph
MosesStaff7 aliasesRansomwareIranIdeologyModerate1–
Fog1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate15Akira ransomware
Cuba ransomware0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced5–
Lapsus$4 aliasesRansomwareBrazilFinancialModerate1–
CostaRicto0 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced1Cobalt Strike
GoldenEyeDog2 aliasesUnclassifiedChinaIdeologyAdvanced2–
Netwalker0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedUnknownNot rated37–
Tonto Team4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced1–
Iran1 aliasUnclassifiedIranIdeologyAdvanced––
APT58 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced6–
Nightspire1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–KaWaLocker
Vect2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
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