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Originally published: April 2023 Updated: September 2025 Supply chain attacks are a growing and increasingly sophisticated form of cyber threat. They target the complex network of relationships between organizations and their suppliers, vendors, and third-party service providers. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities that emerge due to the interconnected nature of digital supply chains, which often span multiple organizations, systems, and geographies.

Carding is a type of cybercrime where attackers steal or illegally buy credit card information and use it to make unauthorized transactions. It often involves testing stolen card numbers with small purchases before making larger fraudulent charges. Criminals typically exchange or sell these stolen details on underground forums or dark web marketplaces. Outpost24’s Threat Intelligence team, KrakenLabs, carried out a previous public analysis of the underground card fraud ecosystem in 2022.

The $2 Billion Cyber Disaster That Shook the Automotive World On September 2, 2025, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) suffered a automotive cyberattack that instantly froze production lines, shutdown the dealerships and paralyzed the luxury automaker’s global IT systems during the UK’s “New Plate Day”—one of the busiest times for the industry.

In late July 2025, Arctic Wolf Labs began observing a surge of intrusions involving suspicious SonicWall SSL VPN activity. Malicious logins were followed within minutes by port scanning, Impacket SMB activity, and rapid deployment of Akira ransomware. Victims spanned across multiple sectors and organization sizes, suggesting opportunistic mass exploitation. This campaign has recently escalated, with new infrastructure linked to it observed as late as September 20, 2025.

Picture this: Your payment network appears to be running smoothly, yet subtle inconsistencies in transaction data start to emerge. Authorizations are delayed or altered, and some backend calls never trigger. This isn’t just another case of stolen credentials or card fraud — it’s a devastating man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack that has been going on for months.