RustyWater Malware — Analysis, Campaigns & Threat Activity

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  25 articles · Updated February 24, 2026
• MuddyWater APT Uses Rust-Based Implants in Middle East Espionage Campaign

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  5 articles · Updated January 12, 2026
• MuddyWater APT Uses RustyWater Malware in Spear-Phishing Campaign

  The Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group has initiated a spear-phishing campaign targeting various sectors including diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom across the Middle East. They are utilizing weaponized Word…

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Recent Intelligence Reports

• Iranian MuddyWater APT Targets Israeli Government and Infrastructure With Advanced Rust ... — Rescana · February 24, 2026
• MuddyWater Drops RustyWater Implant via Macro Phishing — Socprime · January 12, 2026
• MuddyWater targets Middle East with new Rust-based malware — Scworld · January 12, 2026
• Hackers Are Using RustyWater Malware Against Prominent Middle East Targets — Techjuice.Pk · January 12, 2026
• Iran-linked MuddyWater APT deploys Rust — Csoonline · January 12, 2026
• CloudSEK warns Muddy Water APT using Rust implants in spearphishing on Middle East ... — Industrialcyber.Co · January 10, 2026
• MuddyWater APT Weaponizing Word Documents to Deliver ‘RustyWater’ Toolkit Evading AV and EDR Tools — Cybersecuritynews · January 9, 2026

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