DPRK financially-motivated cluster targeting cryptocurrency.
PLA Unit 61398 cyber-espionage group; subject of the 2013 Mandiant APT1 report.
DPRK financial-heist cluster attributed to the Reconnaissance General Bureau.
Dual-purpose Chinese threat group conducting espionage and financially motivated operations.
GRU cluster responsible for WhisperGate wiper attacks on Ukraine.
DPRK IT-worker fraud operation.
Earth Lamia is a China-nexus APT that targets organizations across multiple sectors, including finance, logistics, and government, primarily in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The actor exploits web application vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2025-55182, and employs techniques like SQL injection, DLL sideloading, and the deployment of custom backdoors like PULSEPACK and BypassBoss. Earth Lamia conducts reconnaissance, file operations, and credential theft, often utilizing tools like Cobalt Strike and VShell.
DPRK RGB cyber unit responsible for high-impact financial heists and espionage.
DPRK cluster engaged in IT-worker fraud and ransomware development.
Iranian MOIS-affiliated cyber-espionage and disruption group.
IRGC-affiliated cluster involved in espionage and access brokering.
TA577 (also known as Hive0118) is a financially motivated cybercriminal threat actor active since 2020, operating as an initial access broker and malware distributor with a broad targeting footprint spanning North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. The group conducts high-volume phishing and malspam campaigns delivering malware payloads—including information stealers and ransomware—across a wide range of sectors such as finance, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, retail, and professional services. Their primary motivation is financial gain, achieved through deploying ransomware, facilitating data theft, or selling access to compromised networks to downstream threat actors.
Native-English-speaking eCrime collective known for social-engineering helpdesks.
Wizard Spider is a financially motivated Russian cybercriminal group active since 2016, widely known for operating the TrickBot banking trojan and associated malware ecosystem including BazarBackdoor, Ryuk, and Conti ransomware. The group conducts sophisticated, multi-stage intrusions typically beginning with TrickBot or BazarBackdoor infections that facilitate lateral movement and ultimately ransomware deployment against high-value targets. Their operations span a broad range of sectors globally—including finance, government, healthcare, education, and critical infrastructure—across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, with attacks driven primarily by large ransom demands and financial extortion.