‘MostereRAT’ Malware Blends In, Blocks Security Tools Summary Researchers at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs describe a stealthy campaign using a banking-malware-turned-RAT called MostereRAT that targets Windows users (so far observed in…
Daily briefing: Is a cure for psoriasis on the horizon? Summary Highly targeted antibody therapies have revolutionised care for people with moderate-to-severe psoriasis by selectively blocking the inflammatory molecules that…
Daily briefing: Nine metals in two dimensions Summary Nature Briefing round-up: chemists have crammed a record nine metals into a two-dimensional MXene (pronounced ‘max-een’), opening fresh routes to highly conductive,…
Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable? Summary The commentary examines why much biomedical and health data collected across Africa is not routinely deposited in open repositories…
Rainer Weiss obituary: Nobel laureate who pioneered the technique that detected gravitational waves Summary Rainer “Rai” Weiss, the German–American physicist who devised the laser-interferometer approach that made direct detection of…
‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive more than six months after receiving a kidney from…
Nepal social media ban sparks protests, dozens injured Summary At least 14 people were reportedly killed and dozens injured after police clashed with thousands of mostly young protesters in Kathmandu.…
Kazakh oil giant denies cyberattack, says incident was ‘planned’ phishing drill Summary Kazakhstan state oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) has rejected claims from Indian security firm Seqrite that it was targeted…
US sanctions companies behind cyber scam centres in Cambodia, Myanmar Summary The U.S. Treasury and State Departments this week imposed sanctions on multiple people and businesses tied to large-scale cyber…
Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover threatens to hit British economic growth Summary A cyberattack has severely disrupted Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), one of the UK’s largest manufacturers and responsible for…
