Blacktail

Primary motivation
financial-gain
Sophistication
advanced
Resource level
organization
Actor type
criminal
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:10:12

Targeted industries: financial-services healthcare-and-pharmaceutical technology-and-telecommunications manufacturing

Context

Blacktail is a cybercrime group that has gained attention for its ransomware campaigns, particularly the Buhti ransomware. They are known for using custom-built data exfiltration tools and have been observed exploiting vulnerabilities in both Windows and Linux systems.

Reports & references

  • Broadcom/Symantec — Buhti Ransomware (report)
  • fortiguard.fortinet.com — 5170 (report)
  • redpacketsecurity.com — New Buhti Ransomware Gang Uses Leaked Windows Linux Encryptors (report)
  • redpacketsecurity.com — Buhti Ransomware Gang Switches Tactics Utilizes Leaked Lockbit And Babuk Code (report)

External references