YoroTrooper
Aliases: Salted Earth, Sturgeon Fisher, ShadowSilk, Silent Lynx, Cavalry Werewolf, SturgeonPhisher, Comrade Saiga
- Origin
- KZ
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- intermediate
- Resource level
- organization
- Actor type
- nation-state
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 11:48:48
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities healthcare-and-pharmaceutical
Targeted regions: country_code:az country_code:tj country_code:kg country_code:tm
Context
YoroTrooper’s main targets are government or energy organizations in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and other Commonwealth of Independent States, based on Cisco Talos analysis. YoroTrooper was also observed compromising accounts from at least two international organizations: a critical European Union health care agency and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Successful compromises also included Embassies of European countries including Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
Reports & references
- bsi.bund.de — Aktive Apt Gruppen Node (report)
- ctoatncsc.substack.com — Cto At Ncsc Summary Week Ending October (report)
- Cisco Talos — Yorotrooper Espionage Campaign Cis Turkey Europe (report)
- Cisco Talos — Attributing Yorotrooper (report)
- group-ib.com — Shadowsilk (report)
- seqrite.com — Silent Lynx Apt Targeting Central Asian Entities (report)
- bi-zone.medium.com — Cavalry Werewolf Raids Russias Public Sector With Trusted Relationship Attacks E19F7A5C83Ef (report)
- seqrite.com — Operation Peek A Baku Silent Lynx Apt Dushanbe Espionage (report)