FakeM C2 traffic attempts to evade detection by resembling data generated by legitimate messenger applications, such as MSN and Yahoo! messengers. Additionally, some variants of FakeM use modified SSL code for communications back to C2 servers, making SSL decryption ineffective.2
tool
FakeM S0076
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 31 May 2017
- Last modified
- 25 April 2025
FakeM is a shellcode-based Windows backdoor that has been used by Scarlet Mimic. [1]
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0076
Standing S0076
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
17th percentile · 83% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
21st percentile · 79% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
3rd percentile · 97% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Detection coverage S0076
11 distinct rules cover the 4 techniques recorded for this tool. 9 Sigma · 2 Splunk.
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