In late May 2024, Unit 42 researchers observed an adversary compromising multiple web servers to gain access to the environment of a multinational organization headquartered in North America.
Based on overlaps in adversary infrastructure and tools, as well as tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), it’s possible to attribute the activity identified to the same threat actor behind the Silent Skimmer campaign. In September 2023, an online payment scraping campaign was uncovered and dubbed Silent Skimmer. Since then, there has been little to no news of Silent Skimmer – until now.
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Source: Palo Alto Unit 42
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