MuddyWater hackers use Chaos ransomware as a decoy in attacks
2026-05-06T13:23:33Z•e094fc73920ebcaf215b38722b5dc7a16b74a74c44da8f89296559739e6da82a
BirdCallCVE-2026-22679ChaosCloudZDAEMON ToolsInstructure breachLinux malwareMicrosoft Phone LinkMicrosoft TeamsMuddyWaterPAN-OSPalo Alto NetworksQuasar LinuxRCESMS/OTP theftScarCrft/APT37ShinyHuntersVimeoWeaver E-cologybackdoordata-breachransomwaresocial-engineeringsupply-chainzero-day
What happened
A batch of BleepingComputer stories highlights multiple active threats and high-impact incidents: Iran-linked MuddyWater actors used a Chaos ransomware decoy and Microsoft Teams social engineering to gain access and persistence; Palo Alto Networks warned of an actively exploited, unpatched PAN-OS User‑ID Authentication Portal RCE zero-day; a critical Weaver E‑cology bug (CVE-2026-22679) is being exploited in the wild; DAEMON Tools installers were trojanized in a supply‑chain campaign delivering backdoors to thousands of systems; a new Quasar Linux implant targets software developers with rootk
Why it matters
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- bleepingcomputer
- Record identifier
- e094fc73920ebcaf215b38722b5dc7a16b74a74c44da8f89296559739e6da82a
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-06T13:23:33Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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