SLIME88

CN Suspected sponsor: China
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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.

ATT&CK techniques
MITRE ATT&CK has no technique mapping for this actor.
Incidents attributed
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In the news
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Targets
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Relevance to the EU
EU relevance: Low
No EU member state among its known victims and no overlap with EU projects
No EU cooperation projects recorded in its target countries.
References
Sources: MISP