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Threat actors by type

Ransomware Threat Actors.

Brandefense tracks 301 ransomware groups. The most documented are Scattered Spider, AKIRA and Shinyhunters. The sectors they target most are Technology, Manufacturing and Business Services.

24 of 301 published profiles shown

ActorTypeOriginMotivationSophisticationExploited CVEsTop malware
Scattered Spider6 aliasesRansomwareCanadaFinancialAdvanced18–
AKIRA4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced54–
Shinyhunters5 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced19–
Lockbit8 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced32–
BlackBasta1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced65–
Snake9 aliasesRansomwareRussiaEspionageStrategic11–
Qilin5 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced18–
RansomHub3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced30–
DragonForce2 aliasesRansomwareMalaysiaFinancialAdvanced24–
Clop1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced31–
BianLian1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced13Akira ransomware
INC Ransom2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate36–
Medusa1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced23–
Safepay1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate18–
BlackByte2 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced7–
Interlock1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate2–
FIN713 aliasesRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced8–
Handala1 aliasRansomwareIranIdeologyAdvanced1–
Mallox3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate23–
Revil1 aliasRansomwareRussiaFinancialAdvanced25–
Blackshadow6 aliasesRansomwareIranIdeologyAdvanced7–
ALPHV/BlackCat4 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced16–
Rhysida1 aliasRansomwareUnattributedFinancialModerate––
Royal3 aliasesRansomwareUnattributedFinancialAdvanced––
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