The Hacker Who Mocked the FBI Is Now Helping Catch His Own Crew
ShinyHunters' teenage leader is cooperating with the FBI, a cyber exec was arrested at a hotel conference, and Ivanti VPNs are under active attack from three chained zero-days. Big day.
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ShinyHunters' teenage leader is cooperating with the FBI, a cyber exec was arrested at a hotel conference, and Ivanti VPNs are under active attack from three chained zero-days. Big day.
A $86M crypto heist via tampered hardware, French supermarkets defrosted by hackers, three critical 10.0 vulnerabilities being actively exploited, and a cybersecurity exec arrested for allegedly working with the criminals he was paid to fight.
ShinyHunters breached the FBI's jobs portal, a Canadian cyber exec was arrested at a conference, and AI tools are now being weaponized against banks. This week was a lot.
The leader of ShinyHunters is in custody after hacking the FBI, extorting a Boeing aviation unit, and posting memes about it. Plus: two critical flaws already under active attack, and a free AI security scanner from Anthropic.
ShinyHunters exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day for 13 days before the company even knew it existed. Meanwhile: a ransomware group that spreads like a worm, GitHub's plan to fix npm's biggest security problem, and a flaw that bypasses Windows BitLocker.