Container Shipping: Demand bolstered by trade lanes not bound for the US Summary BIMCO has revised its 2025 ship demand growth higher to 4.5-5.5% while keeping 2026 at 2.5-3.5%. The upgrade is driven by stronger demand on long head-haul trades that do not head to the US — notably Asian exports to Sub-Saharan Africa, South […]
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review — “Blood is the price of progress! It is the ink in which history’s pages are writ!” Summary Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles resurrects Yasumi Matsuno’s classic tactical RPG by rebuilding the game from lost source code into two playable options: a faithful Classic version (based on […]
The Star Sydney Fails to Regain Licence as NICC Extends Suspension Summary The NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC) has extended the suspension of The Star Sydney’s casino licence to 31 March 2026 unless the NICC ends it earlier. The decision follows findings of serious non-compliance and slow progress on remediation efforts. The Star Entertainment Group […]
Airtime, merchants drive 12-fold profit growth for GTCO’s HabariPay Summary HabariPay, the fintech arm of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), reported a 12-fold increase in profit to ₦4.02 billion (about $2.70 million) in H1 2025, up from ₦322.9 million in H1 2022. The jump is driven largely by merchant payments and airtime/bill-payment sales margins. While […]
Russia Targets Moldovan Election in Disinformation Play Summary Researchers have tracked a state-backed Russian disinformation campaign, tracked as Storm-1679 (aka Matryoshka), aimed at influencing Moldova’s 28 September 2025 parliamentary election. Silent Push’s research (published 23 Sept) ties the campaign technically to an earlier Russian propaganda operation called Absatz via shared code fingerprints and reused IP […]
CISA: Attackers Breach Federal Agency via Critical GeoServer Flaw Summary On 11 July 2024 threat actors exploited a critical remote-code-execution flaw (CVE-2024-36401) in GeoServer to breach a large, unnamed federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agency. CISA responded after the agency’s EDR flagged activity, but found the agency’s incident response playbook, patching and telemetry access were […]
PGCB Fines Valley Forge Casino after 13YO Gambled for Hours Summary The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has fined Valley Forge Casino Resort $300,000 after a 13-year-old boy was able to access the gaming floor and gamble for hours while accompanied by his father. Pennsylvania law bars anyone under 21 from entering casino gaming floors […]
Npm Package Hides Malware in Steganographic QR Codes Summary Researchers from Socket Threat Research discovered a malicious npm package named “fezbox” that hid credential‑stealing malware inside steganographic QR codes. The package, presented as a harmless JavaScript/TypeScript utility library, fetched and executed an obfuscated payload encoded within a QR image. The payload could read browser cookies, […]
Fanatics Takes a Chance on Sports Betting as Future Revenue Source Summary Fanatics, the retailer best known for sports kit and collectibles, has made a major push into sports betting after acquiring PointsBet’s US assets in 2023. CEO Michael Rubin says the sportsbook could become a material profit centre — as much as 40% of […]
Boyd Gaming Stays Quiet on Ransom Issue After Cyber Break-In Summary Boyd Gaming confirmed a cyber intrusion in an SEC filing after attackers broke into its internal systems and stole employee records and some personal information. The company says it detected suspicious activity, engaged outside cybersecurity experts and is working with federal law enforcement. Boyd […]
