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Following the Trail of BlackTech’s Cyber Espionage Campaigns

  • Posted on:June 22, 2017 at 5:05 am
  • Posted in:Targeted Attacks
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    Trend Micro
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BlackTech is a cyber espionage group operating against targets in East Asia, particularly Taiwan, and occasionally, Japan and Hong Kong. Based on the mutexes and domain names of some of their C&C servers, BlackTech’s campaigns are likely designed to steal their target’s technology.

Following their activities and evolving tactics and techniques helped us uncover the proverbial red string of fate that connected three seemingly disparate campaigns: PLEAD, Shrouded Crossbow, and of late, Waterbear.

Over the course of their campaigns, we analyzed their modus operandi and dissected their tools of the trade—and uncovered common denominators indicating that PLEAD, Shrouded Crossbow, and Waterbear may actually be operated by the same group.

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Tags: BlackTechcyber espionagePLEADShrouded CrossbowWaterbear

PLEAD Targeted Attacks Against Taiwanese Government Agencies

  • Posted on:May 23, 2014 at 1:25 am
  • Posted in:Exploits, Malware, Targeted Attacks, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Kervin Alintanahin (Threats Analyst)
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In the recent 2H-2013 Targeted Attack Roundup Report we noted that we have been seeing several targeted attack campaign-related attacks in Taiwan. We are currently monitoring a campaign that specifically targets government and administrative agencies in Taiwan. We are naming this specific campaign PLEAD because of the letters of the backdoor commands issued by the related…

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Tags: APTgovernmentgovernment agenciesMalwarePLEADspear phishingTaiwanTaiwaneseTargeted Attacktargeted attack campaign

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