Kessel
- ID
- S0487
- Type
- Malware
- Platforms
- Linux
- Source
- attack.mitre.org
- MITRE last modified
- 11 Apr 2024
Kessel is an advanced version of OpenSSH which acts as a custom backdoor, mainly acting to steal credentials and function as a bot. Kessel has been active since its C2 domain began resolving in August 2018.[1]
Techniques used (14)
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1030 Data Transfer Size Limits
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1048.003 Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol
- T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1090 Proxy
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1132.001 Standard Encoding
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1554 Compromise Host Software Binary
- T1556 Modify Authentication Process
- T1560 Archive Collected Data