APT / StateG0098

BlackTech

Also known as: CAVERN CASTLE, CIRCUIT PANDA, Canary Typhoon, Earth Hundun, G0098, HUAPI and 6 more

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About the group

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.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity52
Impact: High
T1190T1106T1046ENTRYInitial accessExploitPublic-Facing App…EXECExecutionNative APIDISCDiscoveryNetwork ServiceDiscoveryLATLateral movementSSH

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 14

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Exploited vulnerabilities 7

CVEs this group is known to exploit, with the source and confidence of each next to it. Ordered by confidence and real-world severity.

References

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