BlackTech
IntrusionSet · ATTACK:enterprise:G0098
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:G0098",
"title": "BlackTech",
"type": "IntrusionSet",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0098",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "intrusion-set--6fe8a2a1-a1b0-4af8-953d-4babd329f8f8",
"external_id": "G0098",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-05-05T18:36:45.970Z",
"modified": "2026-07-31T18:48:01.102Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
"BlackTech",
"Palmerworm"
],
"tactics": [
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Palmerworm"
},
{
"source_name": "TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017",
"url": "https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/following-trail-blacktech-cyber-espionage-campaigns/"
},
{
"source_name": "IronNet BlackTech Oct 2021",
"url": "https://www.ironnet.com/blog/china-cyber-attacks-the-current-threat-landscape"
},
{
"source_name": "Reuters Taiwan BlackTech August 2020",
"url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-cyber-china/taiwan-says-china-behind-cyberattacks-on-government-agencies-emails-idUSKCN25F0JK"
},
{
"source_name": "Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020",
"url": "https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/palmerworm-blacktech-espionage-apt"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (20)
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ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1566.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--01455ab2-2769-4eab-9df2-e7e5f707e7c6
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--036d9e28-e7c4-4865-b964-2ea213274521
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0435
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--036f4704-ce28-49cf-bb57-e4ce5079981e
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017 · JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018 · Trend Micro Waterbear December 2019 · Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--06bf8477-fed1-410b-8fc9-2655758eed41
Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1046
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0bc4d3d8-8018-4e0a-a365-ebef543e1222
Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--17738bdd-24b9-44d0-a897-d1b861fd2636
Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0437
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--28ee4a1e-1e63-4c72-8424-4f923b074ad9
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017 · Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0029
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--36f159f7-5018-4889-a540-98e3ac242602
Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1190
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--51cc3f41-f5aa-4d04-95de-15d96e103bac
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1021.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--55b0cb4d-1109-449c-82f6-ed42317df209
Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1106
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--56f73ea6-f7ba-4226-bbf9-55e904843e31
IronNet BlackTech Oct 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1203
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--66a14eeb-a6a0-4614-8224-7f238b3a83da
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1566.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--795b9ebc-6bf1-47f9-b236-117c2216c5d4
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017 · NTT Security Flagpro new December 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1036.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8c5e20b3-b15c-4c08-84fe-eeacd9209375
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9d2dfa0b-8370-4873-9b8f-4366e61be715
Trend Micro Waterbear December 2019ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0436
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c756d00a-9ca0-435e-b226-bff2c123b390
JPCert TSCookie March 2018ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0696
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ca856513-b1ac-46d4-8b24-eafed59bd5f0
NTT Security Flagpro new December 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0579
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d14e6464-a6c5-4554-a463-88e267828397
Trend Micro Waterbear December 2019ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f6d1c615-16df-4527-ad74-ce8623f87ce0
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017 · NTT Security Flagpro new December 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1588.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ff9691d7-91dd-4549-b997-d5abf327ef1f
ESET PLEAD Malware July 2018