Expert
Ahmad Zaidi Said
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.Publications
Reports
APT group HoneyMyte upgrades CoolClient: the backdoor gets a kernel-level Windows rootkit
Our experts discovered a new CoolClient backdoor variant with a kernel-mode rootkit driver that hides malicious processes, files, and network connections from security tools and threat analysts.
Armored Likho expands its cyber-espionage toolkit
Kaspersky experts break down a new Armored Likho campaign that poses as a fundraising efforts and delivers a new Still Toolkit aimed at stealing Telegram data and eavesdropping on victims.
Mirage Kitten targets Middle East and Africa region with new malware
Kaspersky researchers reveal previously undocumented malware attributed to Mirage Kitten (UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, Nimbus Manticore): NightLedger backdoor, ArcBridge, and BridgeHead tunneling tools.
ToddyCat: your hidden email assistant. Part 2
An in-depth analysis of Umbrij, a new tool used by the ToddyCat APT group to compromise corporate email communications in Gmail. The attack targeted OAuth authorization tokens, allowing threat actors to gain access to Google services.
