Fijian parents and guardians are being urged not to buy or give children imported “Music Lollipops” after the Consumer Council of Fiji raised concerns about potentially serious safety hazards. The Council said the novelty lollipops, which have gained popularity on social media after going viral overseas, contain an internal 3.7-volt lithium polymer battery inside the...Read More
Chester Zoo unwittingly advertised tickets for a “child predator tour”. The zoo suffered an unfortunate naming blunder after it promoted tickets for its latest tour, which allows visitors to experience a guided tour of its big cats and predators. On its website, the zoo in Cheshire advertised tickets for the “adult predator tour” and the...Read More
Chester Zoo in Cheshire, United Kingdom, changed the name of a private bus tour after an error in the online ticket description. Children’s tickets for a tour about predatory animals were labelled in English as “child predator tour”, prompting mocking comments from visitors online. The error was quickly corrected As the Jerusalem Post reports, a...Read More
Enterprises in Russia have emerged as the target of three threat activity clusters tracked as NightEagle, Hacking Cat, and Toy Ghouls, according to multiple reports from Kaspersky. The cybersecurity vendor said it has identified attacks mounted by NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95), a threat actor known to be active since at least 2023, that involve new techniques...Read More
The recent landmark ruling against Meta in the United States was the result of a lawsuit filed in 2023 which went to trial in August 2026. It was brought by nearly fifty attorneys general, school districts and families, who alleged that the company’s social media platforms, which include Instagram and Facebook, pose serious risks to...Read More
The European Union has been preparing for a teen social media ban for months, and the first details from the long-anticipated plan finally dropped on Wednesday. “I convened a Special Panel of experts. We spoke to young people. We looked at Australia and others who have moved ahead. And now it is time for Europe...Read More
An unprecedented number of Apple customers have reported receiving a recent threat notification alerting them to suspected spyware attacks targeting their devices, according to experts who investigate these types of incidents. Several people publicly and privately reported receiving Apple’s spyware alerts over the weekend, after Apple sent out a new wave of notifications on Friday...Read More
Cybersecurity incidents involving artificial intelligence models developed by Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta were reportedly caused by security failures in testing environments managed by Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity contractor Irregular, rather than autonomous behavior by the AI systems, according to an investigation by US publication Effort. The investigation found that Irregular had left internet connections active during...Read More
The 10-hour hack started when the (human) bad guy deployed an AI agent to do reconnaissance to figure out how to breach the company. The hacker essentially launched a massive internet scan that hunted for a way into the company’s network. It ultimately found and exploited a public API endpoint, which is essentially a door...Read More
For investors seeking momentum, Global X Cybersecurity ETF BUG is probably on the radar. The fund just hit a 52-week high and is up 96.63% from its 52-week low price of $23.15/share. But are more gains in store for this ETF? Let’s take a quick look at the fund and the near-term outlook on it...Read More
