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BlackTech

Also reported as Palmerworm, Canary Typhoon, T-APT-03, Red Djinn, Manga Taurus and 14 other names. Linked to China by four sources.

Reports
120
Last reported
Known CVEs
158
Techniques in ATT&CK
14
Origin
China
ID
G0098
Merge evidence
35 alias matches

Reports per quarter

  1. 2014 Q3: 2 reports
  2. 2014 Q4: no reports
  3. 2015 Q1: no reports
  4. 2015 Q2: no reports
  5. 2015 Q3: no reports
  6. 2015 Q4: no reports
  7. 2016 Q1: 2 reports
  8. 2016 Q2: 1 report
  9. 2016 Q3: no reports
  10. 2016 Q4: no reports
  11. 2017 Q1: no reports
  12. 2017 Q2: 7 reports
  13. 2017 Q3: 1 report
  14. 2017 Q4: 1 report
  15. 2018 Q1: 2 reports
  16. 2018 Q2: no reports
  17. 2018 Q3: 3 reports
  18. 2018 Q4: 2 reports
  19. 2019 Q1: no reports
  20. 2019 Q2: 5 reports
  21. 2019 Q3: 3 reports
  22. 2019 Q4: 9 reports
  23. 2020 Q1: 6 reports
  24. 2020 Q2: 7 reports
  25. 2020 Q3: 5 reports
  26. 2020 Q4: 6 reports
  27. 2021 Q1: 8 reports
  28. 2021 Q2: 2 reports
  29. 2021 Q3: 2 reports
  30. 2021 Q4: 11 reports
  31. 2022 Q1: 3 reports
  32. 2022 Q2: 2 reports
  33. 2022 Q3: 5 reports
  34. 2022 Q4: 3 reports
  35. 2023 Q1: no reports
  36. 2023 Q2: no reports
  37. 2023 Q3: 1 report
  38. 2023 Q4: no reports
  39. 2024 Q1: no reports
  40. 2024 Q2: 3 reports
  41. 2024 Q3: no reports
  42. 2024 Q4: no reports
  43. 2025 Q1: no reports
  44. 2025 Q2: no reports
  45. 2025 Q3: no reports
  46. 2025 Q4: 1 report
  47. 2026 Q1: 1 report
  48. 2026 Q2: 16 reports
Dated reports, 2014 Q3 to 2026 Q2.

Techniques seen in the last two years

  • T1041 4 reports reports only
  • T1082 3 reports reports only
  • T1106 3 reports in ATT&CK
  • T1129 3 reports reports only
  • T1140 3 reports reports only
  • T1480 3 reports reports only
  • T1005 2 reports reports only
  • T1012 2 reports reports only
  • T1016.001 2 reports reports only
  • T1049 2 reports reports only
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Counts come from technique IDs in the actor's report text. “Reports only” means reports name the technique but MITRE ATT&CK® does not list it for this actor.

Also listed by ATT&CK

CVEs named in reports

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KEV marks a CVE in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, and “ransomware” marks one that the catalog records as used in ransomware campaigns.

Reports

  1. SUNBURST (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  2. QakBot (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  3. PLEAD (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  4. BlackTech, Circuit Panda, Radio Panda

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  5. REvil (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

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  1. IcedID (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  2. Ryuk (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  3. Maze (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  4. A Quick Look at ELF Bifrose (Part 1)

    date in the title fromORKL

  5. The Rise of Earth Aughisky: Tracking the Campaigns Taidoor Started

    date in the CCS '25 data Kaspersky fromORKLCCS '25 data

  6. EN-BlackTech_2021

    Malpedia library date NTT fromORKLCCS '25 data

  7. So Long (Go)Daddy - Tracking BlackTech Infrastructure

    date in the title fromORKL

  8. Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)

    date in the title fromORKL

  9. yir-cyber-threats-annex-download.pdf

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  10. yir-cyber-threats-report-download.pdf

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  11. Flagpro- The new malware used by BlackTech

    date in the title fromORKL

  12. More Flagpro, More Problems

    date in the title fromORKL

  13. Malware Flagpro used by targeted attack group BlackTech

    date in the title fromORKL

  14. Malware Gh0stTimes Used by BlackTech

    date in the title fromORKL

  15. Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)

    date in the title fromORKL

  16. APT Threat Landscape of Taiwan in 2020

    date in the title fromORKL

  17. APT10: Tracking down the stealth activity of the A41APT campaign

    file creation date Niwa Yusuke fromORKL

  18. A41APT case ~Analysis of the Stealth APT Campaign Threatening Japan

    Malpedia library date Kaspersky fromORKLCCS '25 data

  19. The_CrowdStrike_2021_Global_Threat_Report

    file creation date fromORKL

  20. BlackTech Updates Elf-Plead Backdoor

    date in the title fromORKL

  21. China cyber attacks- the current threat landscape

    date in the title fromORKL

  22. PowerPoint Presentation

    file creation date Ganesan, Brittany (OS/ASA) (CTR) fromORKL

  23. ELF_PLEAD - Linux Malware Used by BlackTech

    date in the title fromORKL

  24. P01_P10_eng

    file creation date fromORKL

  25. mpressioncss_ta_report_2019_4.pdf

    file creation date fromORKL

  26. mpressioncss_ta_report_2019_4

    date in the CCS '25 data Team T5 fromORKLCCS '25 data

  27. PoshC2_APT_jp

    date in the CCS '25 data Rack fromORKLCCS '25 data

  28. 中國駭客 HUAPI 的惡意後門程式 BiFrost 分析

    date in the title fromORKL

  29. ELF_TSCookie - Linux Malware Used by BlackTech

    date in the title fromORKL

  30. 2020.02.22_APT_threat_report_2019_CN_version

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  31. Waterbear Returns, Uses API Hooking to Evade Security

    date in the title fromORKL

  32. IconDown – Downloader Used by BlackTech

    date in the title fromORKL

  33. Malware Used by BlackTech after Network Intrusion

    date in the title fromORKL

  34. mpressioncss_ta_report_2019.pdf

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  35. Stolen digital certificates misused in Plead malware campaign discovered

    date in the CCS '25 data ESET fromORKLCCS '25 data

  36. Analysis of BlackTech's latest APT attack

    date in the title fromORKL

  37. Analysis of BlackTech's latest APT attack

    date in the CCS '25 data Freebuf fromCCS '25 data

  38. Advanced Persistent Threat Groups

    date in the title fromORKL

  39. The Trail of BlackTech’s Cyber Espionage Campaigns

    date in the title fromORKL

  40. The Four Element Sword Engagement

    file creation date Arbor fromORKL

  41. Shrouded Crossbow Creators Behind BIFROSE for UNIX

    date in the title fromORKL

  42. Research, News, and Perspectives

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  43. Research, News, and Perspectives

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

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