--- title: APTs Lead The List Of Most Active Threat Actors In H1 2026 description: Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs tracked 261 distinct threat actor profiles active globally in H1 2026. Nation-state APT groups dominated at 45% (118... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apts-lead-the-list-of-most-active-threat-actors-in-h1-2026-yhupoq7tc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: APTs Lead The List Of Most Active Threat Actors In H1 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs tracked 261 distinct threat actor profiles active globally in H1 2026. Nation-state APT groups dominated at 45% (118... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apts-lead-the-list-of-most-active-threat-actors-in-h1-2026-yhupoq7tc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yhUPOQ7Tc.png og:image:alt: APTs Lead The List Of Most Active Threat Actors In H1 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # APTs Lead The List Of Most Active Threat Actors In H1 2026 **[Cyble](https://daily.dev/sources/cyble)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs tracked 261 distinct threat actor profiles active globally in H1 2026. Nation-state APT groups dominated at 45% (118 profiles), followed by ransomware operators (75), hacktivist collectives (34), cybercriminal groups (31), and extortion-only gangs (3). Key groups flagged for the rest of 2026 include Bluenoroff (North Korea, targeting crypto via Calendly social engineering), Volt Typhoon (China, living-off-the-land pre-positioning in critical infrastructure), UNC6508 (China, compromising REDCap research environments), Desert Falcons (Palestine, targeting MEA governments), and SideCopy (Pakistan, targeting Indian and Afghan government/defense). The near-disappearance of standalone extortion groups confirms double extortion has been absorbed into the standard ransomware model. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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