Source assertions are not new attribution claims. No sole inventor or transitive actor-CVE inference. { "record": { "id": "ATTACK:mobile:G0069", "title": "MuddyWater", "type": "IntrusionSet", "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0069", "snapshot": "mobile-attack-20.0.json", "status": "active", "rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads", "review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending", "stix_id": "intrusion-set--269e8108-68c6-4f99-b911-14b2e765dec2", "external_id": "G0069", "domain": "mobile", "created": "2018-04-18T17:59:24.739Z", "modified": "2026-07-31T20:48:29.347Z", "version": "7.0", "aliases": [ "MuddyWater", "Earth Vetala", "MERCURY", "Static Kitten", "Seedworm", "TEMP.Zagros", "Mango Sandstorm", "TA450", "MuddyKrill" ], "tactics": [ ], "source_references": [ { "source_name": "Cloudflare 2026 Threat Report New Threat Actors March 2026", "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/2026-threat-report/" }, { "source_name": "MERCURY" }, { "source_name": "Static Kitten" }, { "source_name": "MuddyKrill" }, { "source_name": "TEMP.Zagros" }, { "source_name": "Mango Sandstorm" }, { "source_name": "TA450" }, { "source_name": "Seedworm" }, { "source_name": "Earth Vetala" }, { "source_name": "MuddyWater" }, { "source_name": "ClearSky MuddyWater Nov 2018", "url": "https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MuddyWater-Operations-in-Lebanon-and-Oman.pdf" }, { "source_name": "ClearSky MuddyWater June 2019", "url": "https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Clearsky-Iranian-APT-group-%E2%80%98MuddyWater%E2%80%99-Adds-Exploits-to-Their-Arsenal.pdf" }, { "source_name": "CYBERCOM Iranian Intel Cyber January 2022", "url": "https://www.cybercom.mil/Media/News/Article/2897570/iranian-intel-cyber-suite-of-malware-uses-open-source-tools/" }, { "source_name": "ESET_MuddyWater_Dec2025", "url": "https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/muddywater-snakes-riverbank/" }, { "source_name": "FalconFeeds_Iran_Mar2026", "url": "https://falconfeeds.io/blogs/the-digital-redoubt-irans-national-information-network-cyber-conflict" }, { "source_name": "DHS CISA AA22-055A MuddyWater February 2022", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-055a" }, { "source_name": "Huntio_IranInfra_Mar2026", "url": "https://hunt.io/blog/iranian-apt-infrastructure-state-aligned-clusters" }, { "source_name": "Unit 42 MuddyWater Nov 2017", "url": "https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/11/unit42-muddying-the-water-targeted-attacks-in-the-middle-east/" }, { "source_name": "Talos MuddyWater Jan 2022", "url": "https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/01/iranian-apt-muddywater-targets-turkey.html" }, { "source_name": "Anomali Static Kitten February 2021", "url": "https://www.anomali.com/blog/probable-iranian-cyber-actors-static-kitten-conducting-cyberespionage-campaign-targeting-uae-and-kuwait-government-agencies" }, { "source_name": "Microsoft Threat Actor Naming July 2023", "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/microsoft-threat-actor-naming?view=o365-worldwide" }, { "source_name": "Proofpoint TA450 Phishing March 2024", "url": "https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/security-brief-ta450-uses-embedded-links-pdf-attachments-latest-campaign" }, { "source_name": "NaumaanProofpoint_GlobalClickFix_April2025", "url": "https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/around-world-90-days-state-sponsored-actors-try-clickfix" }, { "source_name": "Trend Micro Muddy Water March 2021", "url": "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/c/earth-vetala---muddywater-continues-to-target-organizations-in-t.html" }, { "source_name": "Reaqta MuddyWater November 2017", "url": "https://reaqta.com/2017/11/muddywater-apt-targeting-middle-east/" }, { "source_name": "FireEye MuddyWater Mar 2018", "url": "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/03/iranian-threat-group-updates-ttps-in-spear-phishing-campaign.html" }, { "source_name": "Symantec MuddyWater Dec 2018", "url": "https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/seedworm-espionage-group" }, { "source_name": "SymantecCarbonBlack_Seedworm_Mar2026", "url": "https://www.security.com/threat-intelligence/iran-cyber-threat-activity-us" } ] }, "assertions": [ { "id": "mobile:relationship--d8da0428-122e-4054-baee-ff85847d28fb", "subject": "ATTACK:mobile:G0069", "predicate": "uses", "object": "ATTACK:mobile:S1243", "asserted_by": "MITRE ATT&CK", "source_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitre-attack/attack-stix-data/c2494b29dd268c46a5d0ea0990553e4327cd2253/mobile-attack/mobile-attack-20.0.json", "snapshot": "mobile-attack-20.0.json", "evidence_locator": "relationship--d8da0428-122e-4054-baee-ff85847d28fb", "modified": "2026-07-31T20:48:30.224Z", "references": [ { "source_name": "Lookout_DCHSpy_July2025", "url": "https://www.lookout.com/threat-intelligence/article/lookout-discovers-iranian-dchsy-surveillanceware" } ], "qualification": "Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. 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