TA453
- First seen
- 2017-01-01 00:00:00
- Origin
- IR
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- advanced
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- nation-state
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-07-03 01:02:41
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:04:02
Targeted industries: healthcare-and-pharmaceutical professional-services retail-and-hospitality
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:gb country_code:de
Context
TA453 has employed the use of compromised accounts, malware, and confrontational lures to go after targets with a range of backgrounds from medical researchers to realtors to travel agencies.
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- APT42 (threat-actor)
- APT35 (threat-actor)
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Reports & references
- proofpoint.com — Ta453 Refuses Be Bound Expectations (report)
- proofpoint.com — Badblood Ta453 Targets Us And Israeli Medical Research Personnel Credential (report)