Static Kitten — Threat Actor Profile, Campaigns & Targets

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
7
occurrences
First Seen
December 2, 2025
Last Seen
May 6, 2026

Static Kitten is a apt_group tracked across 3 threat clusters and 7 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed December 2, 2025; most recent activity May 6, 2026.

Overview

MuddyWater is an Iranian-aligned APT group known for ongoing cyber-espionage campaigns in the Middle East. The cited article reports that MuddyWater deployed an advanced variant of the MuddyViper malware in an operation against Israel, highlighting the group’s continued development of more capable tooling. This underscores MuddyWater’s persistent regional focus and evolving capabilities, posing ongoing risk to targets in that area.

Related Threat Clusters

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Iranian cyber espionage disguised as a Chaos Ransomware attack — Securityaffairs.Co · May 6, 2026
  • MuddyWater hackers use Chaos ransomware as a decoy in attacks — Bleepingcomputer · May 6, 2026
  • MuddyWater hackers use Chaos ransomware as a decoy in attacks — Bleepingcomputer · May 6, 2026
  • Iran — Infosecurity-Magazine · May 6, 2026
  • Hackers Are Using RustyWater Malware Against Prominent Middle East Targets — Techjuice.Pk · January 12, 2026
  • CloudSEK warns Muddy Water APT using Rust implants in spearphishing on Middle East ... — Industrialcyber.Co · January 10, 2026
  • MuddyWater strikes Israel with advanced MuddyViper malware — Securityaffairs.Co · December 2, 2025

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