New MuddyWater attacks made to resemble ransomware campaign

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.

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