Cans of Celsius lined up on a store shelf by MDV Edwards via Shutterstock (1) Celsius Holdings (CELH) remains in focus after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the company for marketing Alani Nu to teenagers and children. Alani Nu is a low-calorie energy drink containing 200 mg of caffeine per 12-ounce...Read More
“Social media is a failed state,” proclaimed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez last week, before announcing plans to ban social media entirely for kids 15 years old and younger. “Today, our children are exposed to a space where they were never meant to navigate alone: a space of addiction, abuse, pornography, manipulation, and violence,” Sánchez...Read More
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court Abuja, has adjourned until June 15th, for ruling on the application filed by the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance Congress, Omoyele Sowore, seeking the judge to recuse himself from his trial. At the day’s hearing, Sowore told the court that he will represent himself, pending...Read More
NoName057(16) launches “Patriotic Online Games” hacking campaign Targets European organizations supporting Ukraine Volunteers rewarded with cryptocurrency for attacks NoName057(16), a pro-Russian hacker group known for DDoS attacks against Western organizations, launched a hacking initiative to get as many cybercriminals engaged in attacks against organizations in Europe. According to Cybersecurity Insiders, the group took to Telegram...Read More
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday to regulate the development of frontier AI models, with a focus on protecting the nation from cyberattacks and fraud and building an AI-literate workforce. The 269-page draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act would require large frontier AI developers — defined as those with more...Read More
A bill making its way through the North Carolina General Assembly could ban some teenagers from having an account on social media. Host Tim Boyum sits down with the lawmaker who introduced the bill to talk about why he felt it was time to take action and the opposition he’s seen. Plus, Secretary of State...Read More
Masoud Abdi had his sentence increased by five years after the Solicitor General Ellie Reeves KC MP referred his case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. The Leeds Crown Court heard that Abdi contacted the victim over social media, lied about his age and despite learning she was 14 years...Read More
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday urged Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members to enhance cooperation to tackle regional security challenges such as “terrorism,” cybercrime and drugs trafficking at a special meeting of the inter-governmental body in Bishkek. Naqvi was addressing a special meeting of the Ministers of Interior and Public Security of the...Read More
WASHINGTON — Senate health honcho Bill Cassidy is demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team explain the hack into the NYC Health + Hospitals system in which cyber intruders lurked for over three months without detection. Cassidy (R-La.), who helms the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised concerns about the data breach that exposed...Read More
The Good | Fraud Networks Disrupted, Crypto Exchanges Sanctioned & Doxer Arrested This week, the DoJ’s Scam Center Strike Force unveiled results from “Disruption Week,” a first-of-its-kind joint initiative between U.S. agencies and private industry targeting cyber-enabled cryptocurrency investment fraud. Federal investigators from the FBI, Secret Service, and HSI shared threat intelligence with major technology...Read More
