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Dindoor Malware Targets U.S. Networks in New MuddyWater Campaign

Key Findings Iran-linked MuddyWater (aka SeedWorm) APT group targeted U.S. organizations, including banks, airports, nonprofits, and a software supplier to the defense and aerospace sectors The group deployed a previously unknown backdoor called Dindoor, which leverages the Deno JavaScript runtime for execution An attempt was made to exfiltrate data from the targeted software company using the Rclone utility to a Wasabi cloud storage bucket A separate Python backdoor called F

Mar 62 min read

MuddyWater Targets Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan with UDPGangster Backdoor

Key Findings The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater has been observed deploying a new backdoor called UDPGangster that uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) for command-and-control (C2) communication. The cyber espionage activity targeted users in Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan. The attack chain involves using spear-phishing tactics to distribute booby-trapped Microsoft Word documents that trigger the execution of a malicious payload once macros are enabled. UDPGangste

Dec 8, 20252 min read