--- title: Cybercrime isn't just a cover for Iran's government goons description: Iranian government-linked threat groups MuddyWater and Void Manticore are increasingly integrating commercial cybercrime tools — including the Rhadamanthys... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cybercrime-isn-t-just-a-cover-for-iran-s-government-goons-mx17rxkm9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cybercrime isn't just a cover for Iran's government goons | daily.dev og:description: Iranian government-linked threat groups MuddyWater and Void Manticore are increasingly integrating commercial cybercrime tools — including the Rhadamanthys... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cybercrime-isn-t-just-a-cover-for-iran-s-government-goons-mx17rxkm9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MX17rXkm9.png og:image:alt: Cybercrime isn't just a cover for Iran's government goons og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cybercrime isn't just a cover for Iran's government goons **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Iranian government-linked threat groups MuddyWater and Void Manticore are increasingly integrating commercial cybercrime tools — including the Rhadamanthys infostealer, CastleLoader malware-as-a-service, and ransomware infrastructure — into their state-sponsored operations. Rather than merely using criminal personas as cover, these MOIS-affiliated actors are actively leveraging criminal ecosystems for obfuscation, operational capability, and plausible deniability. Check Point Research highlights overlapping code-signing certificates and shared tooling that blur attribution lines between state actors and criminal groups. Recent incidents include MuddyWater deploying a new DinDoor backdoor against US critical infrastructure and Iranian operatives conducting a ransomware attack on an Israeli hospital through a Qilin affiliate, serving strategic Iranian objectives. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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