MuddyWater

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2018
A new MuddyWater Campaign spreads Powershell-based PRB-Backdoor

Trend Micro spotted a new attack relying on weaponized Word documents and PowerShell scripts that appears related to the MuddyWater APT. Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted a new attack relying on weaponized Word documents and PowerShell scripts that appears related to the MuddyWater cyber-espionage campaign. The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017, then researchers from […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2018
Iran-linked group TEMP.Zagros now targets Asia and Middle East regions

Experts at FireEye uncovered a new massive phishing campaign conducted by TEMP.Zagros group targeting Asia and Middle East regions from January 2018 to March 2018. Iranian hackers are one of the most active in this period, researchers at FireEye uncovered a new massive phishing campaign targeting Asia and Middle East regions from January 2018 to March 2018. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2017
Who is behind MuddyWater in the Middle East? Likely a politically-motivated actor

Researchers are investigating a mysterious wave of attacks in the Middle East that was dubbed MuddyWater due to the confusion in attributing the. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks are monitoring long-lasting targeted attacks aimed at entities in the Middle East and that are difficult to attribute. The experts called the campaign ‘MuddyWater’ due to the […]