BlackByte
Also tracked as Hecamede
BlackByte is a ransomware threat actor operating since at least 2021. BlackByte is associated with several versions of ransomware also labeled BlackByte Ransomware. BlackByte ransomware operations initially used a common encryption key allowing for the development of a universal decryptor, but subsequent versions such as BlackByte 2.0 Ransomware use more robust encryption mechanisms. BlackByte is notable for operations targeting critical infrastructure entities among other targets across North America.
- Documented techniques
- 48
- First seen
- 2021
- Basis
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, grouped by the stage of an attack they belong to. This is the actionable half: each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
resource development2
initial access1
execution5
persistence4
privilege escalation1
credential access1
discovery10
- T1012 Query Registry
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1018 Remote System Discovery
- T1046 Network Service Discovery
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1087.002 Domain Account
- T1135 Network Share Discovery
- T1482 Domain Trust Discovery
- T1518.001 Security Software Discovery
- T1614.001 System Language Discovery
lateral movement3
collection1
command and control3
defense impairment3
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
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.