North Carolina resident Kendric Jacobs has a word of advice for those who use boxed cake mix: “Don’t listen to that box. Listen to me.” That’s how he begins his TikTok video, posted July 6, that has home bakers in a chocolaty chokehold. He then tells viewers to buy either “yellow”- or “butter”-flavored boxed cake...Read More

BOGOTÁ, Colombia, July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) reports that the latest analyses conducted regarding the cybersecurity incident and its effects, previously disclosed on July 17, indicate that the impact was limited exclusively to the downloading of files. Accordingly, no compromise to the integrity of the information has been identified, despite...Read More

Jury selection began Monday for a high-profile lawsuit in Nashville, Tennessee, against Meta, claiming that its platforms were designed to hook teenagers. The state’s attorney general says that the publicly traded company purposefully hid evidence that Instagram is addictive. Meta denies the claims.  The case lands at a moment when a growing body of lawsuits...Read More

Jennifer Baing was scrolling through Facebook when she came across a photo of herself wearing revealing lingerie. The image was fake. Scammers had used artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate photos taken from the former PNG television host’s social media accounts, where she has built a large following promoting traditional food and agriculture. They then used...Read More

News release  Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced that her bill – the Sexual Predator Accountability Act, Assembly Bill 2147 — was signed into law.   The new law strengthens law enforcement’s ability to prosecute serial sexual offenses that occur across multiple counties, helping protect communities and survivors, improving accountability, and reducing court backlogs, according to a news release from Schiavo’s office.  ...Read More

BEWARE: No matter the age, anyone can be scammed. You can think it’s legit what somebody tells you over the phone, but actually, they are nothing less than a scam artist, out for one thing – your money. Deputies and detectives with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office have set out to inform senior citizens about...Read More

“Recognizing the School Safety Spotlight Award winners is one of the highlights of the Texas School Safety conference each year,” said Kathy Martinez-Prather, Ph.D., director of the Texas School Safety Center. “We are honored to showcase these individuals, partnerships and districts for their outstanding contributions to school safety in Texas. We hope their work will...Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice says a violent Venezuelan gang which has a history of illegal activity in Colorado is responsible for stealing more than $6 million from American banks across the country.  Ninety-eight people with ties to Tren de Aragua have been named in indictments that accuse them of installing viruses into ATMs. The...Read More

Among the events that did not occur during any of this year’s FIFA World Cup matches was a terrorist hijacking a jumbotron. Not during any one of the 78 games hosted in the United States this year was an AI-generated video shown to tens of thousands of startled soccer fans, falsely warning them of an...Read More

The dark web contains critical threat intelligence that traditional search engines can’t access. Within Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), this layer becomes especially important during the Discovery and Validation phases, where security teams need visibility into real attacker activity rather than theoretical exploits of known vulnerabilities. Cybercriminals actively plan attacks, trade credentials, and share exploit...Read More