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TA564 is a financially motivated cybercriminal threat actor known primarily for email-based malware delivery campaigns targeting users in Canada. The actor has repeatedly used socially engineered lures themed around trusted Canadian institutions and shipping brands, including false delivery notifications and public-health messaging, to induce victims to open malicious attachments. TA564 has been observed spoofing the Public Health Agency of Canada in coronavirus-themed campaigns and has historically used shipping-related lures associated with Canada Post and DHL. TA564 has delivered multiple banking and crimeware families, including Ursnif, DanaBot, and Nymaim. In documented campaigns, the actor used malicious macro-enabled documents to install Ursnif, a banking trojan associated with credential theft and theft of stored financial data. TA564 also operated as a distributor of DanaBot, including use of a specific affiliate identifier within the DanaBot malware-as-a-service ecosystem. This places the actor within the broader eCrime affiliate landscape that relied on commodity malware platforms for credential theft, fraud, and follow-on compromise. The actor’s tradecraft is centered on phishing-driven initial access and malware delivery rather than bespoke intrusion operations. Observed behavior supports capabilities in initial access via malicious email, spoofing of legitimate organizations, credential theft through banking trojans, and post-compromise data theft. TA564 is best characterized as a Canada-focused cybercrime actor rather than a nation-state group.
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7 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
3 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
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Cybercriminal group that distributed DanaBot, including use of affiliate ID 11.
Launching coronavirus-themed email campaigns spoofing the Public Health Agency of Canada to deliver Ursnif banker; also known for Canadian-targeted shipping-lure malware delivery.
Threat actor using COVID-19-themed spoofed emails impersonating the Public Health Agency of Canada to deliver the Ursnif banking trojan to Canadian users.
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Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
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