Iran-linked MERCURY APT behind destructive attacks on hybrid environments

Iran-linked APT group MERCURY is behind destructive attacks on hybrid environments masquerading as a ransomware operation. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team observed a series of destructive attacks on hybrid environments that were carried out by MuddyWater APT group (aka MERCURY). Threat actors masqueraded the attacks as a standard ransomware operation. MERCURY (aka MuddyWater, SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros) has been active since […]

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