Digital Forensics and Incident Response Specialist
Ahmad Zaidi Said, a Malaysian cybersecurity expert with broad international experience, has more than 14 years of knowledge and experience in the field and has been involved in high-profile cybersecurity incident investigations globally. Joined Kaspersky Global Emergency Response Team (GERT) in 2021 as Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) specialist, Zaidi brings valuable experience in a variety of cyber security domains, including digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), malware analysis and reverse engineering, threat intelligence, and threat hunting Zaidi is a committee member of the Malaysia Cyber Security Community Organization (MCCO) & rawSEC and active member of the High Technology Cyber Investigation Association (HTCIA), which contribute to the evolution of the cybersecurity ecosystem through information sharing and collaboration. His expertise has also led him to speak at a number of international and local events, in which he has offered vital insights and best practises with a wide range of audiences.Kaspersky discloses new tools and techniques discovered in 2025 Tomiris activities: multi-language reverse shells, Havoc and AdaptixC2 open-source frameworks, communications via Discord and Telegram.
Kaspersky experts analyze the ToddyCat APT attacks targeting corporate email. We examine the new version of TomBerBil, the TCSectorCopy and XstReader tools, and methods for stealing access tokens from Outlook.
Kaspersky GReAT experts dive deep into the BlueNoroff APT’s GhostCall and GhostHire campaigns. Extensive research detailing multiple malware chains targeting macOS, including a stealer suite, fake Zoom and Microsoft Teams clients and ChatGPT-enhanced images.
Kaspersky researchers discovered previously unidentified commercial Dante spyware developed by Memento Labs (formerly Hacking Team) and linked it to the ForumTroll APT attacks.