MuddyWater is an advanced persistent threat (APT) cyberespionage actor known as Mercury, Static Kitten, TEMP.Zagros or Seedworm. US Cyber Command has confirmed the group is an Iranian intelligence outfit. USCYBERCOM also disclosed the plethora of open-source tools and strategies the group uses to break into target systems. The group is using new variants of the PowGoop malware family, which was first spotted by Palo Alto Networks in September 2020.”]
Source: https://threatpost.com/us-military-ties-muddywater-cyberespionage-apt-iran/177633/