Intel Name: Silent skimmer gets loud (again)
Date of Scan: November 8, 2024
Impact: Medium
Summary: “Silent Skimmer Gets Loud (Again)” discusses the resurgence of the Silent Skimmer threat actor, a financially motivated cybercriminal group. After a quiet period following their September 2023 online payment scraping campaign, the group re-emerged in late May 2024. Researchers from Unit 42 observed the adversary compromising multiple web servers to gain access to a multinational organization’s environment. The group is targeting entities involved in payment infrastructure and gateways, using similar tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) as in previous attacks. This renewed activity has reignited concern about the threat, and Unit 42 is tracking it under the identifier CL-CRI-0941.
