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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.

216 of 595 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Suckfly6 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced7ASPXSpy
Poseidon Group1 aliasNation-state APTBrazilEspionageAdvanced–Crimson
ETSO2 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
Group51 aliasCybercrimeIranEspionageAdvanced1DroidJack
Embargo0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Embargo
MEOW1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Meow
Icefog, Dagger Panda4 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageNot rated–8.t Dropper
Cleaver5 aliasesCybercrimeIranEspionageAdvanced4BellaCPP
Hunters International1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–KaWaLocker
Obscura0 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–01flip
MoustachedBouncer1 aliasNation-state APTBelarusEspionageAdvanced1Disco
Carbanak1 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate3–
UNC63950 aliasesCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialAdvanced–Shai Hulud
Flax Typhoon2 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced–BadPotato
Prince of Persia3 aliasesUnclassifiedIranIdeologyAdvanced–Amaq News Finder
FIN101 aliasCybercrimeUnattributedFinancialModerate–KOMPROGO
Kawa40961 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialIntermediate–Akira ransomware
Candiru1 aliasCybercrimeIsraelFinancialExpert2DevilsTongue
20190 aliasesUnclassifiedUnattributedUnknownNot rated––
Hive1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced6Akira ransomware
MoneyTaker0 aliasesCybercrimeRussiaFinancialNot rated–Citadel
FIN51 aliasCybercrimeRussiaFinancialModerate–FLIPSIDE
Mofang0 aliasesNation-state APTChinaEspionageAdvanced–MimiKatz
Secp01 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialExpert–Secp0
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