Iran's MuddyWater Hacker Group Using New Malware in Worldwide Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K. and the U.S. have laid bare a new malware used by the Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat APT group in attacks targeting government and commercial networks worldwide. "MuddyWater actors are positioned both to provide stolen data and accesse...

Iranian state-sponsored APT group MuddyWater targeting organizations via malicious executables

THREAT LEVEL: Red. United States Cyber Command USCYBERCOM has warned of an ongoing cyber attack by Iranian state sponsored actor named as MuddyWater. This APT group is currently targeting Middle Eastern countries and has also targeted European and North American nations. The Iranian-backed...

US Military Ties Prolific MuddyWater Cyberespionage APT to Iran

U.S. Cyber Command has confirmed that MuddyWater – an advanced persistent threat APT cyberespionage actor aka Mercury, Static Kitten, TEMP.Zagros or Seedworm that’s historically targeted government victims in the Middle East – is an Iranian intelligence outfit. The link has been suspected, and no...