Hackers Silence APT tighten grip on APAC financial organisations

Kaspersky has been monitoring malicious activities from hacking group Silence APT for several years, with the first public report on the threat actor’s tools and techniques being made available in the autumn of 2017.

The group’s activity has remained stable since the report was launched – apart from occasional modifications of anti-emulation and anti-detection techniques. However, since the beginning of 2019, Kaspersky’s experts have noticed a worrisome trend: an increase in the number of financial organizations outside the CIS region being targeted by the group. In particular, new victims have emerged in APAC countries – including Bangladesh.