Dangerous new malware exploits Windows accessibility tools to hijack banking accounts
Banking trojan Coyote now abuses Microsoft’s UI Automation framework The framework allows it to spot…
L’Oreal adds discounted Creed to its stable of luxury brands
By Bloomberg Published October 20, 2025 L’Oreal SA’s €4 billion ($4.7 billion) purchase of Kering SA’s beauty business marks the largest in a string of recent deals by the French cosmetics group, as it builds out its range of luxury brands. Inside Creed’s London flagship store – Dr The acquisition showed the owner of Maybelline…
Bangladesh: Dhaka airport fire set to deal a heavy blow to the textile industry
Published October 20, 2025 The cost of the damage caused by Saturday’s fire at the main airport in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, could exceed $1 billion, according to an initial estimate on Sunday from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). AFP “The entire imports area has been reduced to ashes,” said Faisal Samade, a director…
Japan allows over-the-counter emergency contraception pill
Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, allowing women in the country to take the medication without prescription. ASKA Pharmaceutical said wider access to the pill would “empower Japanese women in the area of reproductive health”. A date for it to go on sale has…
Tiny AI-powered eye implant helps the blind see again
People who had lost their sight have regained the ability to read after receiving an innovative electronic eye implant paired with augmented-reality glasses, according to a clinical trial involving researchers from UCL (University College London) and Moorfields Eye Hospital. Published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the European trial reported that 84% of participants…
Scientists create LED light that kills cancer cells without harming healthy ones
Scientists have developed a promising cancer therapy that uses LED light and ultra-thin flakes of tin to eliminate cancer cells while protecting healthy tissue. Unlike traditional chemotherapy and other invasive treatments, this new method avoids the painful side effects patients often endure. The breakthrough comes from a partnership between The University of Texas at Austin…
The Interview – Dr Vivek Murthy: loneliness is public health risk
Available for over a year ‘There are real consequences to our physical and mental health’ Katty Kay speaks to Dr Vivek Murthy, former US Surgeon-General about the challenge posed by loneliness and isolation in the modern world. Dr. Murthy, the first person of Indian descent in the post, was appointed during the second Obama administration….
Lacoste aligns itself with French cinema by co-producing Cédric Jimenez’s ‘Chien 51’
Published October 20, 2025 A campaign in all but name? By co-producing Cédric Jimenez’s latest blockbuster ‘Chien 51’ (budget: €42 million), Lacoste has launched a new kind of partnership; announced last spring and in cinemas now. Still from the film Chien 51 – Lacoste Lacoste has numerous product placements in the film, released on October 15,…
Uruguay legalises euthanasia
Uruguay has legalised euthanasia, becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law that allows assisted suicide. The Dignified Death bill was passed in the senate on Wednesday, with 20 out of 31 legislators present voting in favour. The bill allows mentally sound adults in the terminal stage of an irreversible disease to…
20th October – Threat Intelligence Report
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 20th October, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES F5 has disclosed a cyber attack, reportedly carried out by a nation-state actor with long-term, persistent access to critical product development environments. The attacker exfiltrated files that included portions of BIG-IP source…
This common vitamin could cut your skin cancer risk in half
Since 2015, dermatologists have advised many patients with a history of skin cancer to consider taking nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3. That recommendation was based on a clinical trial involving 386 participants, which found that those who took nicotinamide developed fewer new cases of skin cancer compared with those who did not. Expanding the…
