Cyber attacks fuel surge in cargo theft across logistics industry

Multiple 17–19 April 2026 incidents show escalating cyber threats across logistics, IoT, endpoint, financial and critical‑infrastructure sectors. Proofpoint links coordinated remote‑access campaigns to organized‑crime actors stealing cargo and diverting payments; Sophos reports attackers hiding malware inside QEMU virtual machines to evade detection and deploy ransomware; Fortinet details a Nexcorium Mirai variant exploiting TBK DVR vulnerabilities and EOL TP‑Link routers to build DDoS botnets. A researcher disclosed three Microsoft Defender zero‑days (BlueHammer, RedSun, UnDefend) enabling pr