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The U.S. Cyber Command on Wednesday officially confirmed MuddyWater's ties to the Iranian intelligence apparatus, while simultaneously detailing the various tools and tactics adopted by the espionage actor to burrow into victim networks. "MuddyWater has been seen using a variety of techniques to maintain access to victim networks," USCYBERCOM's Cyber National Mission Force said in a statement.
US Cyber Command has officially linked the Iranian-backed MuddyWatter hacking group to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. MOIS is the Iran government's leading intelligence agency, tasked with coordinating the country's intelligence and counterintelligence, as well as covert actions supporting the Islamic regime's goals beyond Iran's borders.
The cyber-espionage group known as MuddyWater has used an updated multi-stage PowerShell backdoor in recent campaigns, Trend Micro’s security researchers report. read more
A recently discovered campaign shows that the cyber-espionage group MuddyWater has updated tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to evade detection, Talos’ security researchers report.
Researchers: New 'BlackWater' Campaign Shows Changes in Tactics, Techniques, ProceduresMuddyWater, an advanced persistent threat group that has targeted organizations in the Middle East, has...
The attack group shows a moderate level of sophistication, but the stage is set for MuddyWater to take things to the next level.
The cyberespionage group referred to as MuddyWater has hit over 130 victims in 30 organizations from late September to mid-November, Symantec security researchers said in a report published...
A recently discovered PowerShell-based backdoor is strikingly similar to malware employed by the MuddyWater threat actor, Trend Micro reports. read more
The MuddyWater cyber-espionage campaign was observed using spear-phishing emails to target entities in more countries, Kaspersky Lab reports. read more
A newly discovered attack relying on malicious Word documents and PowerShell scripts appears related to the MuddyWater cyber-espionage campaign, Trend Micro reports. read more