- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- Nigeria(high confidence)
- Seen
- to 2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0083 · 4 techniques
- Sources
- 6 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0343 · silverterrier
NigeriaWhat it is
SilverTerrier is a Nigerian threat group that has been seen active since 2014. SilverTerrier mainly targets organizations in high technology, higher education, and manufacturing.
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)Nigeria
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)Nigeria · high
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Agent Tesla
- DarkComet
- DarkComet and NanoCore
- ISR Stealer
- ISpySoftware
- KeyBase
- LokiBot
- Lokibot
- NETWIRE
- NanoCore
- NetWire
- Pony
- Predator Pain
- Virus RAT
- Zeus and Atmos
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de