Hacker groupG0098
BlackTech
Also tracked as Palmerworm
BlackTech is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage group that has primarily targeted organizations in East Asia--particularly Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong--and the US since at least 2013. BlackTech has used a combination of custom malware, dual-use tools, and living off the land tactics to compromise media, construction, engineering, electronics, and financial company networks.
- Known attack methods
- 14
- Origin
- China
- Motive
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2013
- Source
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, mapped onto the ATT&CK matrix. Each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
Used by this groupNot documented for this groupIn brackets: sub-techniques this group uses, of those that exist.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 3 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 2 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques · 1 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development3
Initial access3
Execution4
Discovery1
Lateral movement1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
FlagproKivarsPLEADTSCookieWaterbear
Tools
Legitimate or dual-use software the group is documented using. Most of it is software your own administrators use too, which is the point.
PsExec