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
- Naikon (threat-actor)
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)