For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 27th October, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Toys “R” Us Canada has suffered a data breach that resulted in stolen customer records being leaked on the dark web. The compromised data affects an undisclosed number of individuals and includes…
Researchers have made a major leap in solar physics by finding the first direct evidence of small-scale torsional Alfvén waves within the Sun’s corona. These elusive magnetic waves, first theorized in the 1940s, have long been suspected to play a key role in heating the Sun’s outer atmosphere. The findings, published on October 24 in…
I was intrigued when Johannes talked about malware that uses BASE64 over DNS to communicate. Take a DNS request like this: label1.label2.tld. Labels in a request like this can only be composed with letters (not case-sensitive), digits and a hyphen character (-). While BASE64 is encoded with letters (uppercase and lowercase), digits and special characters +…
Available for over a year In the 1980s, scientists made a discovery that would eventually lead to the development of drugs now used worldwide to treat diabetes and to help people manage obesity through weight loss injections. One of the key scientists behind this breakthrough was Svetlana Mojsov. She discovered that a hormone called GLP-1…
Tim ManselBusiness reporter, Malmö, Sweden BBC The strike is about the right of the main union to negotiate pay and conditions for all its members In Sweden 70 car mechanics are continuing to take on one of the world’s richest companies – Tesla. The strike at the US carmaker’s 10 Swedish service centres has now…
Published October 27, 2025 ASOS may be almost exclusively an online retailer but it’s been doing a lot physically lately from US and UK pop-ups to physical retail deals for Topshop/Topman. And now it’s set to open another pop-up, this time on London’s Carnaby Street. Carnaby Street – Photo: Shaftesbury Capital The “premium” pop-up will…
A protection zone has been put in place following a case of bird flu at a commercial poultry premises. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the H5N1 virus was confirmed at a property near Lakenheath, in Suffolk, on Sunday and all birds would be culled. A 3km (1.9 mile) protection zone…
BBC The government will not “be held to ransom” by striking doctors, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said. A five-day walkout by resident doctors is due to take place between 14-19 November, in a long-running dispute over pay. Streeting told the BBC there was a deal available to increase the number of speciality training places…
Published October 27, 2025 Nike is doubling down on its London focus for its women’s offer with a dedicated space having just opened in Selfridges and another – actually a reopening – due on the King’s Road early next month. Nike The company said “both locations are designed to serve women with the best of…
Health leaders are warning that NHS services and jobs in England will have to be cut unless up to £3bn more in funding is allocated to cover unexpected costs. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers, representing trusts and other health organisations, said in a joint statement that the cost of covering redundancies and strikes, along…
