Silence — APT Profile
Silence is a financially motivated threat actor targeting financial institutions in different countries. The group was first seen in June 2016. Their main targets reside in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Poland and Kazakhstan. They compromised various banking systems, including the Russian Central Bank's Automated Workstation Client, ATMs, and card processing.Also tracked as
Whisper Spider
Tools & malware
Vendor research
- 2020 Global Threat Report Crowdstrike
- Silence – a new Trojan attacking financial organizations Securelist
- Silence: Dissecting Malicious CHM Files and Performing Forensic Analysis Cyber Forensicator Silence