BLACKCOFFEE

MITRE ATT&CK: S0069 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: PNGRAT, ZoxPNG, gresim, BLACKCOFFEE

First seen
2013-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
webshell, rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:36:06

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector defense-and-aerospace

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:au

Context

BLACKCOFFEE is malware that has been used by several Chinese groups since at least 2013.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 75 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Multi-Stage Channels (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Dead Drop Resolver (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Bidirectional Communication (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Blackcoffee_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • secureworks.com — Bronze Keystone (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — G0025 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — G0001 (report)
  • youtube.com — Watch (report)
  • Mandiant — Suspected Chinese Espionage Group Targeting Maritime And Engineering Industries (report)
  • secureworks.com — Bronze Mohawk (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — G0096 (report)
  • Mandiant — Apt17 Report (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Blackcoffee (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0069 (report)
  • web.archive.org — Executive Summary Final 1 (report)
  • intrusiontruth.wordpress.com — Apt17 Is Run By The Jinan Bureau Of The Chinese Ministry Of State Security (report)
  • malware-log.hatenablog.com — 000000 1 (report)
  • nao-sec.org — An Overhead View Of The Royal Road (report)
  • novetta.com — Zoxpng (report)
  • web.archive.org — Apt17 Report (report)

External references