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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.

Top target sectorsManufacturing Technology Government Ransomware victims in the United States →

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

144 of 595 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Vect2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	DEVMAN
Blackmatter0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	BlackCat
Netwalker0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Unknown	Not rated	35	anydesk
BackdoorDiplomacy0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	6	AsyncRAT
Conti2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	6	Akira ransomware
PittyTiger5 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	5	AppleJeus
Confucius2 aliases	Nation-state APT	India	Espionage	Advanced	3	AnonDoor
BlackSuit2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	Akira ransomware
8BASE1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	8Base
Beast Ransomware1 alias	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Intermediate	–	Beast
The Com0 aliases	Unclassified	United States	Ideology	Advanced	3	Aeternum botnet
TA5514 aliases	Cybercrime	Russia	Financial	Intermediate	–	Bumblebee
UNC52211 alias	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	4	AdaptixC2
Blue Mockingbird0 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	3	Cobalt Strike
Dust Storm2 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	3	Farfli
Ferocious Kitten1 alias	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	1	Ghole
APT733 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Naikon0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	8.t Dropper
TA25410 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	1	Agent Tesla
GOLD SOUTHFIELD1 alias	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	11	GandCrab
MosesStaff7 aliases	Ransomware	Iran	Ideology	Moderate	1	DCSrv
TA5780 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	1	Black Basta
TEMP.Veles4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	1	AutoIt backdoor
RansomExx8 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	3	Cobalt Strike

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