speccom
Speccom is a China-aligned threat actor reported by ESET. In July 2025, it targeted the energy sector in Central Asia, including via spearphishing/phishing emails sent from compromised government addresses. ESET assessed the activity was intended to monitor Chinese-funded operations and gain visibility relevant to reducing China’s dependency on maritime imports. Reported malware and tooling associated with Speccom include a variant of the BLOODALCHEMY backdoor and custom backdoors such as kidsRAT and RustVoralix. The content places Speccom among China-aligned groups advancing Beijing’s geopolitical objectives.
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Targeting
Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.
Who they target
Sectors the actor has been observed targeting.
- energy
Tradecraft
1 distinct technique observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
Associated malware families
3 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
Recent activity
3 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
China-aligned campaign targeting Central Asian energy entities using phishing to deliver BLOODALCHEMY variants and custom backdoors.
Speccom is a China-aligned APT group targeting the energy sector in Central Asia, likely for espionage related to Chinese-funded operations.
China-linked espionage targeting Central Asian energy sector using spearphishing from compromised government email accounts.
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Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
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