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Threat profiles

Explore the latest threat group definitions and profiles published by the 

Sophos® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) Research Team.

Showing 181-190 of 197 profiles
NameLocationObjectivesAliasesTools
IRON TWILIGHT iconRussia
Espionage
APT28 (FireEye), ATK5 (Thales), Blue Athena (PwC), BlueDelta (Recorded Future), Fancy Bear (Crowdstrike), Fighting Ursa (Palo Alto), Forest Blizzard (Microsoft), FROZENLAKE (Google), GRAPHITE (Dragos), Group 74 (Talos), PawnStorm (Trend Micro), Sednit (ESET), Snakemackerel (iDefense), Sofacy (Palo Alto), STRONTIUM (Microsoft), Swallowtail (Broadcom), TA422 (Proofpoint), TG-4127 (SCWX CTU), Tsar Team (iSight), UAC-0001 (CERT-UA)
DEALERSCHOICE, Downdelph, Drovorub, EVILTOSS, Headlace, HIDEDRV, LAMEHUG, LoJack, PowerShell Empire, reGeorg, Scaramouche, SCONATO, Sedkit Exploit Kit, SEDUPLOADER, SHARPFRONT, SimpleLoader, Sofacy downloader, X-Agent, X-Tunnel, Zebrocy
IRON VIKING iconRussia
Disruption
APT44 (Google), ATK14 (Thales), BlackEnergy Group, Blue Echidna (PwC), CTG-7263 (SCWX CTU), ELECTRUM (Dragos), FROZENBARENTS (Google), Hades/OlympicDestroyer (Kaspersky), IRIDIUM (Microsoft), Qudedagh (F-Secure), Sandworm Team (Trend Micro), Seashell Blizzard (Microsoft), Telebots (ESET), TEMP.Noble (FireEye), UAC-0002 (CERT-UA), UAC-0145 (CERT-UA), Voodoo Bear (CrowdStrike)
BadRabbit, BlackEnergy, Cyclops Blink, GCat, GreyEnergy, Industroyer, KillDisk, NotPetya, PSCrypt, TeleBot, TeleDoor, VPNFilter, xData
IRON VIKING iconRussia
Disruption
APT44 (Google), ATK14 (Thales), BlackEnergy Group, Blue Echidna (PwC), CTG-7263 (SCWX CTU), ELECTRUM (Dragos), FROZENBARENTS (Google), Hades/OlympicDestroyer (Kaspersky), IRIDIUM (Microsoft), Qudedagh (F-Secure), Sandworm Team (Trend Micro), Seashell Blizzard (Microsoft), Telebots (ESET), TEMP.Noble (FireEye), UAC-0002 (CERT-UA), UAC-0145 (CERT-UA), Voodoo Bear (CrowdStrike)
BadRabbit, BlackEnergy, Cyclops Blink, GCat, GreyEnergy, Industroyer, KillDisk, NotPetya, PSCrypt, TeleBot, TeleDoor, VPNFilter, xData
Unattributed
Espionage
TA445 (Proofpoint), UAC-0051 (CERT-UA), UNC1151 (Mandiant)
NICKEL ACADEMY iconNorth Korea
Disruption, Espionage, Financial Gain
ATK3 (Thales), Black Artemis (PWC), Citrine Sleet (Microsoft), COVELLITE (Dragos), CTG-2460 (SCWX CTU), Diamond Sleet (Microsoft), Guardians of Peace, HIDDEN COBRA (US Government), High Anonymous, Labyrinth Chollima (CrowdStrike), Lazarus Group (Generic), New Romanic Cyber Army Team, NNPT Group, Temp.Hermit (Mandiant), UNC577 (Mandiant), Who Am I?, Whois Team, ZINC (Microsoft)
Brambul, DarkMessenger, Destover, Duuzer, HOPLIGHT, Joanap, KorHigh, LiveJinx, Volgmer
NICKEL ALLEY iconNorth Korea
Espionage, Surveillance
CL-STA-0240 (Palo Alto), PurpleBravo (Recorded Future), Storm-1877 (Microsoft), Tenacious Pungsan (Data Dog)
NICKEL FOXCROFT iconNorth Korea
Espionage
APT37 (FireEye), ATK4 (Thales), Group 123 (Talos), InkySquid (Volexity), Moldy Pisces (Palo Alto), Operation Daybreak (Kaspersky), Operaton Erebus (Kaspersky), Reaper (FireEye), RICOCHET CHOLLIMA (CrowdStrike), ScarCruft (Kaspersky), TA-RedAnt (ASEC), Venus 121 (ESRC)
Bluelight, Chinotto, final1stpy, GOLDBACKDOOR, KevDroid, KoSpy, PoorWeb, ROKRAT
NICKEL GLADSTONE iconNorth Korea
Financial Gain
Alluring Pisces (Palo Alto), APT38 (FireEye), ATK 117 (Thales), Black Alicanto (PWC), Bluenoroff (Kaspersky), Citrine Sleet (Microsoft), CTG-6459 (SCWX CTU), HIDDEN COBRA (U.S. Government), Lazarus Group, Sapphire Sleet (Microsoft), Selective Pisces (Palo Alto), Stardust Chollima (CrowdStrike), T-APT-15 (Tencent), TA444 (Proofpoint), TAG-71 (Recorded Future)
AlphaNC, Bankshot, CATCH22, CCGC_Proxy, Cur1Agent, KANDYKORN, Ratankba, RustBucket, Server_TrafficForwarder, SUGARLOADER, SwiftLoader, Wcry
NICKEL HYATT iconNorth Korea
Espionage, Financial Gain
Andariel, APT45 (Mandiant), Dark Seoul, Jumpy Pisces (Palo Alto), Onyx Sleet (Microsoft), RIFLE Campaign, Silent Chollima (CrowdStrike), Stonefly (Symantec), UN614 (Mandiant)
ActiveX 0-day, DTrack, HazyLoad, HotCriossant, Rifle, UnitBot, Valefor
NICKEL JUNIPER iconNorth Korea
Espionage
Konni, Opal Sleet (Microsoft), OSMIUM (Microsoft)
Konni