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META & Pakistan Intelligence Insights Report, December 2025
The Group-IB Intelligence Insights Report – December 2025 delivers a data-driven overview of the most critical cybercrime and fraud trends impacting META and Pakistan. This edition highlights how ransomware, hacktivism, credential leaks, and emerging attack techniques continue to evolve — posing heightened risks to governments, financial institutions, and enterprises across the region.
Built on Group-IB’s global threat intelligence and regional telemetry, the report equips security and risk leaders with actionable insights to anticipate threats and strengthen defenses.
What’s Inside the Report
Key Threat Developments of the Month
From AI-driven autonomous attacks to the critical React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) vulnerability, understand the incidents reshaping the regional threat landscape.
Ransomware & Hacktivism Trends
A breakdown of active ransomware groups, targeted industries, and hacktivist activity across Pakistan, GCC, Turkey, and Iran.
Initial Access Broker (IAB) Activity
Insight into dark web sales of corporate access, including a sharp rise in activity affecting energy, financial services, and internet services sectors.
Leaked Credentials & Compromised Data
Analysis of millions of compromised accounts across META and Pakistan, highlighting the most affected countries and industries.
Emerging Campaigns & Threat Actors
Coverage of mobile fraud, NFC payment abuse, ransomware innovations, and large-scale regional scam operations.
Security Recommendations
Practical guidance to enhance cyber resilience—from strengthening access controls to leveraging real-time threat intelligence.
Who Should Read This Report
CISOs, CIOs, and Security Leaders
Fraud, Risk & Compliance Teams
SOC Analysts & Incident Responders
Government & Critical Infrastructure Decision-Makers
Relevant reports
We see the full picture of the evolving cyber threat landscape thanks to unique tools for monitoring the infrastructure used by cybercriminals and data from battlefields: