Canadian cybersecurity executive Edward Dubrovsky has been arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with alleged extortion activity that multiple reports have linked to the FBI's ongoing crackdown on the ShinyHunters hacking group. Dubrovsky, 54, has had senior roles at cybersecurity firms that help data breach and ransomware victims negotiate extortion payments with cybercriminals. Yesterday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that agents had arrested "another suspected co-conspirator of the ShinyHunters group". The New York Times reported that the suspect was a Canadian citizen arrested in Pennsylvania and believed to be a primary co-conspirator in the recent ShinyHunters FBI Jobs hack. Last night, both Politico and KrebsOnSecurity reported that Dubrovsky was arrested in Pennsylvania, where he was attending a cybersecurity conference.
In environments studied for the 2026 State of Agent Security Report, roughly 1,280 third-party products now embed AI. About 282 of them sit behind single sign-on. The other thousand are invisible to identity infrastructure by default, not because anyone hid them, but because an identity stack can only govern what authenticates through it, and most agents never do. That gap is the clearest
As enterprises race to deploy autonomous AI agents to accelerate business, a new report reveals they are tethered to security architectures built for a different era. The "Horizons of Identity Security" report from SailPoint highlights a critical “velocity paradox,” in which organizations invest in AI-speed business operations while continuing to rely on human-speed security controls, creating a
The crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools and traces of an intrusion. Apparently, keeping things secure is a problem on both sides of the fence. The rest of the week isn't much more reassuring. Malicious code turned up in developer packages and extensions that
Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Share: Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Press Release CISA, FBI, NSA and International Partners Warn of China-based Cybersecurity Company Enabling Threat Actors to Target Multiple Critical Infrastructure Sectors Worldwide Advisory Provides Actionable Steps to Detect, Respond to, Reduce the Threat of Compromise to Malicious Activity Released October 08, 2026 Related topics: Cyber Threats and Response , WASHINGTON – Today the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), and international partners issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning that Integrity Technology Group (Integrity Tech), a China-based cybersecurity company, is enabling threat actors to target multiple critical infrastructure sectors worldwide using a range of sophisticated tools, such as large-scale botnets, virtual private network infrastructure and living off the land. Based on real-world investigations and observed activity in North America, Southeast Asia and Africa, this advisory provides recommended mitigations and information to help network defenders detect and respond to this malicious activity.
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 16 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions that are capable of stealing cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases and private keys. "The extensions masquerade as wallet portals, desktop utilities, and browser tools, but their code intercepts recovery phrases and private keys during wallet import flows and attempts to send those secrets to
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced charges against a 50-year-old U.S. and Israeli national for allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying the attackers to obtain decryptors while claiming to use proprietary tools to recover their data. Zohar Pinhasi (aka Zack Silver and Zack Green) has been charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count of wire
A suspected ShinyHunters member arrested in Jordan is reportedly cooperating with the FBI, helping investigators track down the group. A suspected member of ShinyHunters, the group that claims to have stolen data on every FBI employee, was picked up in Jordan this week. The man is Saif al-Din Khader, detained by Jordanian authorities, with two sources placing the arrest on Tuesday. Reuters couldn’t confirm the exact circumstances or where he’s being held. “A suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which says it stole data on every FBI employee, was detained in Jordan this week and is cooperating with the FBI, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.” the Reuters states. Two sources said he’s now helping the FBI and international law enforcement track down the rest of the group. One source told Reuters that Khader is showing investigators his own devices and digital communications to help identify former associates. That gives investigators real access to potential evidence, not just a general promise to cooperate. “The FBI declined to comment on any specific arrest or activity abroad but said that the bureau “continues to aggressively investigate the recent cyber incident allegedly involving ShinyHunters, having already worked with partners to arrest multiple subjects — and we will spare no resource in bringing each of the responsible individuals to justice.”” Reuters continues. The case matters beyond Khader’s arrest. ShinyHunters claims to have stolen personal data on FBI employees, and Reuters’ earlier analysis found that the leaked sample included detailed personal information, sensitive job-related data, and psychiatric and medical records. Some have compared the incident to the 2015 OPM breach, in which a China-linked attack exposed security clearance data belonging to millions of Americans. If the ShinyHunters claims are even partly confirmed, that comparison would be justified. Dutch police confirmed this week that the 24-year-old man from Amsterdam was arrested earlier this month as part of an investigation into the cybercrime group ShinyHunters. The suspect appears before Rotterdam District Court today, September 29. Multiple sources, including KrebsOnSecurity, have identified him as Pepijn van der Stap, a Dutch hacker previously known online as “Umbreon.” The connection to ShinyHunters runs through the “Umbreon” alias. Van der Stap used that handle and Pokémon imagery on BreachForums as early as 2021. Source KrebsOnSecurity Then the FBI jobs site defacement that ShinyHunters left after the FBIjobs.gov breach prominently featured an ASCII art version of the same Pokémon character, and the image appears identical to one used in a 2020 HackForums defacement attributed to ShinyHunters, a year before Van der Stap created his Umbreon account. That last detail cuts both ways: either the alias predates him in this context, or the timing coincidence is genuinely awkward. KrebsOnSecurity adds a more pointed interpretation: sources familiar with the investigation say the Umbreon imagery in the FBI defacement may have been a deliberate attempt by ShinyHunters’ current leader, a teenager from Amman, Jordan known as Rey, to pin the hack on Van der Stap. The two reportedly had ongoing bad blood over control of the ShinyHunters brand and data. FBI Director Kash Patel had already hinted that more arrests were coming. “FBI teams are working new leads RIGHT NOW. More arrests are on the table.” Patel wrote on X. NO SAFE HAVEN. Working with our Dutch National Police partners, the FBI helped put an alleged leader of ShinyHunters—a global cybercrime threat actor—behind bars. And we’re not done. FBI teams are working new leads RIGHT NOW. More arrests are on the table. If you attack… pic.twitter.com/T7CK4KIKl9 — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 30, 2026 ShinyHunters’ own infrastructure has been wobbling since this week started. Reuters lost contact with the group’s usual communication account on Tuesday, the same day Khader was reportedly detained, and by Wednesday the group’s dark web leak site had gone offline entirely. The alleged leader of the group, Rey, told journalist Brian Krebs in November 2025 that he’d been quietly cooperating with law enforcement since June, well before any of this became public. In November 2025, security journalist Brian Krebs reported that Rey was Saif Al-Din Khader after analyzing information obtained from infostealer logs and speaking directly with Khader over Signal. What is new is what cooperation can look like when someone is in custody. An FBI Cyber Division official explained the situation last week: arrests can make people more willing to talk, while seized servers can reveal information about those who are still outside. Once someone’s laptop becomes evidence, loyalty can disappear very quickly. A new ShinyHunters leak site reportedly came back online on Thursday, so the group itself isn’t dead, just missing one more member. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini (SecurityAffairs – hacking, ShinyHunters )
Google's Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time. As spotted by TestingCatalog on X, Google is testing desktop control for Gemini, and there are references to a new hidden "Additional sandbox options" setting in the Gemini Desktop app. The feature isn't live yet, and Google hasn't confirmed it either, but when enabled, Google Gemini could read, create, modify, or even delete files anywhere on your PC. That means Gemini will have access to files outside folders you have explicitly connected to Gemini. It's unclear how the feature will play out, as Apple is considering making it difficult for AI agents to access personal files and data on Mac. According to a pop-up within Gemini Desktop, Google's AI could also communicate with apps such as Mail, Safari, or Messages and perform actions through them.
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) says information belonging to up to 200,000 users may have been exposed after hackers accessed its identity and access management system and downloaded a large amount of data. The university says the attacker used compromised credentials to log into DTUBasen, its identity and access management (IAM) system, allowing access to more than two decades of user data. In a disclosure on Friday, DTU confirmed that it cannot “determine precisely what information was downloaded or how many people have been affected.” However, the Danish university notes that DTUBasen stores information for nearly 40,000 active users and around 160,000 former users. Potentially exposed information for current users includes Danish civil registration numbers (CPR), full names, home addresses, and profile pictures, as well as work email addresses, job titles, office locations, and other employment-related details.
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