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Cyberscoop.com reports that federal authorities arrested Canadian cybersecurity executive Edward Dubrovsky in Pennsylvania on charges of conspiracy of extortion. Court records say the case involves threats to the confidentiality of information to extort money, and the filing has been moved to the Eastern District of Texas. Ordinary users should stay alert to ransomware and extortion scams that pressure victims into paying.

KnowBe4 says attackers are abusing trusted services like DocuSign, SharePoint, Adobe Sign, Dropbox and Google Drive to send phishing emails that look legitimate. In its analysis of 544,000 threat emails between June and August 2026, LOTS techniques accounted for 53,000 emails, with DocuSign and QuickBooks making up nearly two-thirds of that volume. The post says these emails can bypass security gateways because they come from real platforms. Windows users and small offices should be careful with document-share and payment messages, even when the sender looks trustworthy.

Hackread.com reports that the DOJ has charged MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors say he claimed the company could recover encrypted files without paying a ransom, but instead paid attackers for decryption keys and charged victims much higher fees. The FBI and CISA advise against paying ransoms, since payment does not guarantee files will be recovered or stolen data will not be leaked.