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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

168 of 595 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
NoName057(16)3 aliases	Unclassified	Russia	Ideology	Moderate	–	Dosia
Warlock1 alias	Ransomware	China	Financial	Advanced	2	ABYSSWORKER
Taidoor0 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	4	Dripion
APT305 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	Aria-body
Dark Caracal4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Lebanon	Espionage	Advanced	–	AsioGate
BlackTech13 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Ideology	Advanced	1	BendyBear
Gold Melody1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	atm
Silent Librarian7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	13	MimiKatz
Helldown0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Advanced IP Scanner
Putter Panda9 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	9	3PARA RAT
Cinnamon Tempest6 aliases	Cybercrime	China	Financial	Advanced	8	ANEL Loader
Crazyhunter0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	CrazyHunter
Gunra0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Expert	–	Black Basta
Elderwood3 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	8	Briba
INC0 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Nova3 aliases	Ransomware	Russia	Financial	Advanced	–	Akira ransomware
Orangeworm1 alias	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	–	Kwampirs
Termite3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	Babuk
Crpxo2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Crpxo
Naikon APT0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	1	Aria-body
Fog Ransomware0 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	15	anydesk
Funksec1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Low	–	FunkLocker
DustSquad2 aliases	Nation-state APT	Russia	Espionage	Advanced	–	Octopus
Hunters0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	hive

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