Actors Insights|Latest update04/07/2026

TA455

Named by ProofpointSuspected state sponsor: Islamic Republic of Iran

TA455 is a Proofpoint tracking designation for a subset of Imperial Kitten activity documented in 2023-2025, focusing on job-recruitment-themed spear phishing campaigns targeting aerospace and defense sector professionals. The group impersonates legitimate recruiters and HR personnel to deliver malware-laden job offer documents. TA455 campaigns share infrastructure, malware families, and targeting patterns with the broader Imperial Kitten and Smoke Sandstorm cluster, consistent with IRGC-linked intelligence collection operations against the defense industrial base.

First Seen:Sep 2023
Last Seen:Nov 2025
Indexed Reports:1
Public IOCs:36
Cluster: Imperial KittenMisp: FIN6
also known as:
SKELETON SPIDERITG08MageCart Group 6White GiantGOLD FRANKLINATK88G0037 (Mitre)Camouflage TempestTA4557Storm-0538FIN6

Targeted Regions

Albania
AL
Albania
Albania
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
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India
IN
India
India
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
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Israel
IL
Israel
Israel
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
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Middle East
ME
Middle East
Middle East
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
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Turkey
TR
Turkey
Turkey
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
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Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
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United Arab Emirates
AE
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
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Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
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Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Sep 2023 ~ Nov 2024
Jan 2023Nov 2026

Targeted Sectors

DefenseAerospace

Recent Indexed Reports

  1. Public
    Charming Kitten’s TA455 Uses Social Engineering to Spread Malware in Aerospace Sector

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