SLIME88
- Origin
- CN
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- advanced
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- nation-state
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:29:59
Targeted industries: manufacturing technology-and-telecommunications energy-and-utilities
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:kr country_code:in country_code:fr country_code:tw
Context
SLIME88 is a China-nexus APT that has exploited the critical vulnerability CVE-2026-34197 in Apache ActiveMQ to deploy SoxAgent RAT, compromising Linux devices and establishing an ORB network tracked as GOBLIN14. The group has targeted IT and manufacturing entities in the US, South Korea, India, and France. Additionally, SLIME88 has aimed at Taiwan’s energy sector using phishing emails and fake certificate installers to deploy backdoor programs like AdaptixC2 and CobaltStrike. They often utilize Cloudflare to obscure their C2 IP addresses, evading detection.
Exploited vulnerabilities
- CVE-2026-34197 (vulnerability)
Reports & references
- teamt5.org — Alert Exploitation Of Cve 2026 34197 In Apache Active Mq (report)