Blackwood is a China-aligned APT group known for cyberespionage using the NSPX30 implant.
Analyst brief
Blackwood is a China-aligned APT group active since at least 2018. They conduct cyberespionage operations primarily targeting individuals and companies in China, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The group uses adversary-in-the-middle attacks to deliver their custom NSPX30 implant via legitimate software updates and can hide C2 server locations by intercepting implant traffic. Defenders should focus on software update integrity, anomalous traffic redirections within the network, and indicators linked to the NSPX30 implant.
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Blackwood is a China-aligned APT group that has been active since at least 2018. They primarily engage in cyberespionage operations targeting individuals and companies in China, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Blackwood utilizes sophisticated techniques such as adversary-in-the-middle attacks to deliver their custom implant, NSPX30, through updates of legitimate software. They also have the capability to hide the location of their command and control servers by intercepting traffic generated by the implant.