Beyond major retail platforms, independent direct-to-consumer sites have cropped up to sell loungers that don’t appear to meet the new lounger standards or other infant product standards that might apply, including sites like Little Manta, Mumzworld, and SunLoveKids, all of which sell lounger-style products. In some cases, those products are marketed with soft sleep-adjacent language...Read More

“companies needs to be more responsible, but they are not going to be until they are fined otherwise, so government has to step up and regulate them more, and fine them” – Woman, 35-44, London “Platforms need to spend a lot more money policing harmful content. They will take down copyrighted material within minutes, so...Read More

05 Jun Virginia Is For Cyber Posted at 09:18h in Blogs by Taylor Fox This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 5, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Virginia is home to the second largest cybersecurity industry in the country, with around 88,000 cybersecurity workers, according to Cyberseek,...Read More

The US National Security Agency is reportedly using Anthropic’s cutting-edge Mythos AI model for hacking. Mythos has not been publicly released because of its powerful abilities to detect and exploit software vulnerabilities, and instead is being offered to select institutions to help them build defenses. The NSA is apparently using it for offensive purposes even...Read More

Another week in information security means another week where AI is in the headlines, either because someone’s used it to bypass a platform’s security, or because hackers are using AI to supercharge their attacks and target more people. In the first case, we reported that hackers used Meta’s AI chatbot to gain access to high-profile...Read More

In recognition of National Internet Safety Month, the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force is encouraging parents, caregivers, and communities across the state to strengthen their approach to protecting children online. Historically, the largest increases in online enticement cases occur during the summer months and the beginning of the school...Read More

Jonathan Haidt, the NYU Stern School of Business professor whose book “The Anxious Generation” helped spark a global debate about the impact of smartphones and social media on young people’s mental health, has a new concern: AI toys designed for children. Speaking at a recent TED Talk, Haidt said that the rapidly growing market for...Read More

Scam compounds across Southeast Asia are no longer just running mass-message fraud. They are using artificial intelligence and automation to make cybercrime faster, more convincing, and harder for APAC security teams to contain. For organizations operating in the region, the risk now extends beyond fake messages and obvious phishing attempts. AI-assisted scams can be localized,...Read More

A new ransomware strain called VECT 2.0 is raising serious concerns among security professionals, and for a troubling reason — even if a victim pays the ransom, the attacker’s own decryptor may not fully restore their files. This is not a typical failure tied to weak defenses or victim error. The damage, in many cases,...Read More

Background Akira is one of the most consequential ransomware groups operating globally, and the most prolific by total ransom proceeds in 2025. Active since April 2023, the group operates as a closed RaaS enterprise using double extortion — combining encryption with the threat to publicly release stolen data — to pressure victims into payment. Akira...Read More