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MuddyWater Uses Microsoft Teams to Steal Credentials in False Flag Ransomware At

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6 May
MuddyWater hackers use Chaos ransomware as a decoy in attacks

The MuddyWater Iranian hackers disguised their operations as a Chaos ransomware attack, relying on Microsoft Teams social engineering to gain access and establish persistence.

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26 May
MuddyWater Uses DLL Side-Loading in Espionage Campaign Targeting 9 Countries

The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater has been linked to a new campaign affecting at least nine organizations across nine countries on four continents in the first quarter

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