SilverTerrier threat group

SilverTerrier is a threat group thought to operate from Nigeria. Public reporting links it to 2 attack techniques. This free profile shows how it works, stage by stage, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

Attack techniques
2
Public reports
1
Thought to operate from
Nigeria
Other names
None
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is SilverTerrier?

SilverTerrier is tracked under one name in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

What public reporting says

As these tools rise and fall in popularity (and more importantly, as detection rates by antivirus vendors improve), SilverTerrier actors have consistently adopted new malware families and shifted to the latest packing tools available.

How it works

How does SilverTerrier attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 2 linked to SilverTerrier, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 3 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 13 of 15

Keeping contact

Talking to their own servers to send orders and receive data.

1 technique
  • T1071Application Layer Protocol
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SilverTerrier is a threat group thought to operate from Nigeria. Public reporting links it to 2 attack techniques.

Public reporting places SilverTerrier as operating from Nigeria. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

Public reporting links SilverTerrier to 2 attack techniques. Most of them are about keeping contact with their servers and causing damage.

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