Threat actor
BlackLock
Last fetched
BlackLock is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 5 other names.
Also known as
El Dorado, BlackLocks, Eldorado, Mamona, GLOBAL GROUP
Description
BlackLock is a ransomware group established around March 2024, operating under a RaaS model and actively recruiting affiliates. The ransomware is developed in Go, enabling cross-platform attacks on Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi environments, and employs ChaCha20 for file encryption. BlackLock appends encryption keys and metadata to files for decryption post-ransom payment and utilizes a covert method to delete Volume Shadow Copy Service data to hinder recovery efforts. The group has been linked to operational failures due to significant OPSEC mistakes, including a breach of its leak site that exposed internal data.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for BlackLock in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to BlackLock today — this states the absence of a published link, not that BlackLock has no infrastructure.
References
- https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/90175/
- https://reliaquest.com/blog/threat-spotlight-inside-the-worlds-fastest-rising-ransomware-operator-blacklock/
- https://www.resecurity.com/blog/article/blacklock-ransomware-a-late-holiday-gift-with-intrusion-into-the-threat-actors-infrastructure
- https://cofense.com/blog/from-payment-plan-to-ransomware-inside-a-global-group-attack
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/report/details/guid:5689a0200c31471e9cf96949cd00c12c
- https://blog.eclecticiq.com/global-group-emerging-ransomware-as-a-service
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Related pages
Pivot from BlackLock into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.