We’ve not talked about muddy water, another termed group that is out there causing havoc. In an article by Sean Lyngaas, its time we catch up with this group. Seems like they want to go after bunches of stuff including governmental stuff as well as telecommunications.
One of the most prolific cyber-espionage groups linked to Iran has used old tricks — and perhaps a new hacking tool — in dozens of attempts to breach government
and telecommunications operators in the Middle East in recent months, security researchers said Wednesday.
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“These actors are extremely focused in what they’re doing,” said Vikram Thakur, technical director at Symantec, a division of semiconductor and software
maker Broadcom. “They’re not using zero days. They’re just looking for commonly available methods along with their custom malware to get into these environments,
exfiltrate whatever they want and then move on.”
These actors have a different agenda which is good, but still as dangerous as shown in the quoted paragraph above. The thing is, we don’t know what they’re going to do next, so we all in company space need to be made aware of what this group is going to do.
‘MuddyWater’ spies suspected in attacks against Middle East governments, telecoms is the article from Cyberscoop, and feel free to learn more about what they’re up to and how you might be able to protect yourself.