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.

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

MotivationEspionage Financial Ideology

192 of 595 published profiles shown

Cards Table

Actor	Type	Origin	Motivation	Sophistication	Exploited CVEs	Top malware
Lockbit53 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Akira ransomware
Lynx1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	01flip
Admin@3384 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	3	BeaverTail
Leafminer3 aliases	Nation-state APT	Iran	Espionage	Advanced	1	Chaos
Machete7 aliases	Nation-state APT	Unattributed	Espionage	Advanced	–	Loki RAT
APT Iran0 aliases	Unclassified	Unattributed	Ideology	Advanced	–	–
RansomHouse1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Moderate	–	Akira ransomware
Volatile Cedar4 aliases	Nation-state APT	Lebanon	Espionage	Advanced	3	ASPXSpy
Direwolf0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
XE Group0 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	4	ASPXSpy
Sinobi1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
Everest3 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Akira ransomware
APT189 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	1	Derusbi
Bravox0 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	–	Bravox
Gorgon Group5 aliases	Cybercrime	Pakistan	Espionage	Advanced	2	Agent Tesla
Redact2 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Intermediate	1	Helix
UNC51742 aliases	Cybercrime	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	4	GOREVERSE
Silent4 aliases	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Akira ransomware
APT1212 aliases	Nation-state APT	China	Espionage	Advanced	–	EtumBot
Equation Group7 aliases	Nation-state APT	United States	Espionage	Strategic	14	Bvp47
Chaos1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	1	BlackSnake
Kraken1 alias	Ransomware	Unattributed	Financial	Advanced	–	Kraken
FIN42 aliases	Cybercrime	Romania	Financial	Moderate	–	UpDocX
SilverTerrier0 aliases	Nation-state APT	Nigeria	Espionage	Advanced	10	Agent Tesla

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