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The threat groups Qilin and Akira together conducted about one-quarter of the 402 ransomware attacks tracked by Trustwave SpiderLabs in September, with the manufacturing and technology sectors receiving the brunt of these efforts. This information was derived from a new SpiderLabs ransomware tracking tool that gathers information from a variety of open intelligence sources and our own proprietary research.

Ben Reardon, Lead Researcher Corelight Labs / NOC crew I'm a researcher on the Labs team at Corelight and, for me, working in the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC) at the USA show in Las Vegas is up there as one of the most interesting and intense activities on the calendar.

Olymp Loader is a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) advertised on underground forums and Telegram since June 5, 2025. The seller, “OLYMPO”, presents Olymp Loader as fully written in assembly language and frequently markets it as FUD (Fully UnDetectable). Despite its recent appearance, many underground forum users have already posted positive reviews.

In Dune, Frank Herbert’s eponymous sci-fi work, there is a phrase that is often repeated – ‘fear is the mind killer’. We can juxtapose this saying with the cybersecurity landscape, as the fear of not being future-ready is what keeps CISOs up at night. The very thought that a cybersecurity strategy, created and implemented with great effort, won’t be able to keep every evolving and increasingly sophisticated threat at bay is disconcerting.

The financial sector remains one of the most targeted industries for cybercriminals and nation-state actors due to the sensitivity of customer data, the high value of financial transactions, and the critical role these institutions play in global stability. Bitsight’s 2025 State of the Underground report found that underground markets listed nearly 14.5 million compromised credit cards in 2024, representing a 20% increase over 2023. This growth was driven entirely by a surge in US-issued cards.