Iranian regime state-sponsored cyber-threat groups have been operating for several years and have continually upgraded their tools and techniques to launch more sophisticated attacks on their targets.
Iran state-sponsored threat group MuddyWater, also known as Mercury, Cobalt Ulster, TEMP.Zagros, Yellow Nix, Static Kitten, Earth Vetala, Boggy Serpens, and ITG17, has been collaborating with DEV-1084 in launching attacks against on-premises and cloud infrastructures in a fashion similar to a ransomware campaign, although the attacks were intended to be disruptive and destructive, according to The Hacker News.
Israel, Iraq, Egypt, Armenia, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and the United Arab Emirates have been targeted by Iran state-sponsored threat group MuddyWater, also known as TEMP.Zagros, Boggy Serpens, Mercury, Earth Vetala, Cobalt Ulster, Seedworm, and Static Kitten, in its latest spear-phishing attacks, The Hacker News reports.