SslMM

MITRE ATT&CK: S0058 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: SslMM

First seen
2010-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:44:34

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:my country_code:ph country_code:sg country_code:id country_code:th country_code:vn

Context

SslMM is a full-featured backdoor used by Naikon that has multiple variants.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 273 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Fallback Channels (attack-pattern)
  • Shortcut Modification (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Access Token Manipulation (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • Disable or Modify Tools (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Sslmm_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Kaspersky — The Naikon Apt (report)
  • media.kasperskycontenthub.com — Thenaikonapt Msnmm1 (report)
  • Mandiant — Rpt Apt30 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Sslmm (report)
  • paper.seebug.org — Thenaikonapt Msnmm1 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0058 (report)

External references