TA866

Also known as: TA866, Asylum Ambuscade, UAC-0064

According to Proofpoint, TA866 is a newly identified threat actor that distributes malware via email utilizing both commodity and custom tools. While most of the activity observed occurred since October 2022, Proofpoint researchers identified multiple activity clusters since 2019 that overlap with TA866 activity. Most of the activity recently observed by Proofpoint suggests recent campaigns are financially motivated, however assessment of historic related activities suggests a possible, additional espionage objective.

🌍 Country Belarus
📅 Activity 2022 — 2022
🎯 Incident Type Financial Theft
2022
2022

Introduction

According to Proofpoint, TA866 is a newly identified threat actor that distributes malware via email utilizing both commodity and custom tools. While most of the activity observed occurred since October 2022, Proofpoint researchers identified multiple activity clusters since 2019 that overlap with TA866 activity. Most of the activity recently observed by Proofpoint suggests recent campaigns are financially motivated, however assessment of historic related activities suggests a possible, additional espionage objective.

Activities and Tactics

Country of Origin: 🏳️ Belarus

First Seen: 2022

Last Activity: 2022

Incident Type: Financial Theft

Notable Campaigns

Information pending cataloguing.

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

Information pending cataloguing.

Notable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

No atomic indicators are listed in this profile. The APTnotes snapshot indexes 1 public reports that may contain IOCs; see Source Attribution for dataset links.

Malware and Tools

  • Archelaus Beta

Attribution and Evidence

Country of Origin: Belarus Additional attribution information pending cataloguing.

References

References pending cataloguing.