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NoName057 Threat Actor Profile

Published: 29th April 2024 | In: Threat Actor Profiles

NoName057 is a hacktivist collective that operates in alignment with the Russian Federation and has been active since July 2022. It uses distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against various high-profile organisations within North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) member states.

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ALPHV Threat Actor Profile

Published: 20th October 2023 | In: Threat Actor Profiles

ALPHV is the Russia-based Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) group behind the ALPHV (also known as BlackCat) ransomware operation. ALPHV ransomware supports execution on Windows, Linux and VMware EXSi hosts and is the first ransomware written in the programming language Rust.

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8Base Threat Actor Profile

Published: 16th October 2023 | In: Threat Actor Profiles

8Base is a ransomware group that is reported to have originated from RansomHouse. The group has targeted a wide range of industries, including hospitality, law, healthcare, manufacturing, finance and information technology.

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Forrest Blizzard Threat Actor Profile

Published: 25th September 2023 | In: Threat Actor Profiles

Forrest Blizzard (also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Strontium, Tsar Team, and Iron Twilight) is a Russian state-sponsored threat actor group that is attributed to the Russian Main Directorate/Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (GRU) Unit 26165.

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Midnight Blizzard Threat Actor Profile

Published: 7th September 2023 | In: Threat Intelligence & Guidance

Midnight Blizzard, also known as APT29, is a threat actor group suspected to be attributed to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). The initial emergence of Midnight Blizzard operations occurred in 2008 when the first MiniDuke malware samples were compiled according to Kaspersky.

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Silk Typhoon Threat Actor Profile

Published: 31st August 2023

Silk Typhoon (also known as HAFNIUM) is a Chinese based state-sponsored group, first recognised as active in January 2021, that focuses on the theft of information for the purposes of state-level espionage

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