TA2719

First seen
2020-03-31 00:00:00
Primary motivation
financial-gain
Sophistication
intermediate
Resource level
organization
Actor type
criminal
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:13:33

Targeted industries: financial-services government-and-public-sector transportation-and-logistics

Targeted regions: country_code:at country_code:cl country_code:gr country_code:hu country_code:it country_code:mk country_code:nl country_code:es country_code:se country_code:tw country_code:us country_code:uy

Context

In late March 2020, Proofpoint researchers began tracking a new actor with a penchant for using NanoCore and later AsyncRAT, popular commodity remote access trojans (RATs). Dubbed TA2719 by Proofpoint, the actor uses localized lures with colorful images that impersonate local banks, law enforcement, and shipping services. Proofpoint has observed this actor send low volume campaigns to recipients in Austria, Chile, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United States, and Uruguay.

Reports & references

  • proofpoint.com — Threat Actor Profile Ta2719 Uses Colorful Lures Deliver Rats Local Languages (report)

External references