NAME:
Blackgear
Alias
Topgear, Comnie, Blackgear
Description:
Blackgear is an espionage campaign which has targeted users in Japan, Korea and China (Taiwan) for many years. Protux was frequently used to target public institutions and high-tech industries. Related Elirks malware was also captured by Trend Micro in 2016 while targeting Japan. The malware usually uses blogs, Weibo and social networks for C2 communications.