The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity - Week 42 (2026)

The Good | Authorities Arrest Cyber Exec for Extortion & Dismantle DPRK Laptop Farms The FBI arrested Edward Dubrovsky, a Canadian former cybersecurity executive at incident response and ransomware negotiation firm CYPFER , on charges of conspiracy and extortion. Various reports have linked the arrest to the FBI’s continued crackdown on the ShinyHunters extortion group and their alleged compromise of the FBI’s job portal back in September. While Dubrovsky has not been officially named a ShinyHun