MuddyWater has performed credential dumping with Mimikatz and procdump64.exe.141516
group
MuddyWater G0069
- Created
- 18 April 2018
- Last modified
- 31 July 2026
- Aliases
- MuddyWater · Earth Vetala · MERCURY · Static Kitten · Seedworm · TEMP.Zagros · Mango Sandstorm · TA450 · MuddyKrill
MuddyWater is a cyber espionage group assessed to be a subordinate element within Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).[1] Since at least 2017, MuddyWater has targeted a range of government and private organizations across sectors, including telecommunications, local government, finance, defense, and oil and natural gas organizations, in the Middle East (specifically the UAE and Saudi Arabia), Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. MuddyWater has reused domains dating back to October 2025, and has a preference for NameCheap and Hosterdaddy Private Limited (AS136557). In late 2025 and early 2026, MuddyWater used commercial satellite internet (i.e., Starlink) for command and control (C2) communication. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
68
TechniquesTop 6%
14
TacticsTop 6%
21
Tools & malwareTop 6%
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference G0069
MuddyWater has performed credential dumping with LaZagne.1718
MuddyWater has performed credential dumping with LaZagne.1920
MuddyWater has used malware to collect the victim’s IP address and domain name.21
MuddyWater has stored obfuscated JavaScript code in an image file named temp.jpg.22
MuddyWater has used the .NET csc.exe tool to compile executables from downloaded C# code.23
Standing G0069
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this group touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 176 ATT&CK groups only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques68Top 6%
94th percentile · 94% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics14Top 6%
94th percentile · 94% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Tools & malware21Top 6%
94th percentile · 94% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many tools and malware or fewer.
Campaigns089% tie · 4 values
89% of the population shares a single value across only 4 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique16.5med45th pct
45th percentile · 55% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique3med
Detection coverage G0069
2265 distinct rules cover the 68 techniques recorded for this group. The 2595 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 2265 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 1555 Sigma · 710 Splunk.
61 covered by at least one rule7 with no coverage2265 distinct rules in total
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