Cyberattack ate up profits for first half of year, retailer M&S says
Cyberattack ate up profits for first half of year, retailer M&S says Summary Marks & Spencer reported H1 2025 pre-tax profits of just £3.4 million, down from £391.1 million in…
Critical Site Takeover Flaw Affects 400K WordPress Sites
Critical Site Takeover Flaw Affects 400K WordPress Sites Summary A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-11833, CVSS 9.8) in the Post SMTP WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 3.6.0) allows unauthenticated…
Biggest black-hole outburst ever seen records death throes of a star
Biggest black-hole outburst ever seen records death throes of a star Article Date: 04 November 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03597-1 Article Image: https://media.nature.com/lw767/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03597-1/d41586-025-03597-1_51663736.jpg Summary Astronomers have confirmed the brightest black-hole flare…
Pro-Russian Hackers Use Linux VMs to Hide in Windows
Pro-Russian Hackers Use Linux VMs to Hide in Windows Summary Bitdefender, working with the Georgian CERT, has detailed how a Russia-aligned threat actor tracked as “Curly COMrades” compromises Windows endpoints…
Data brokers selling location info that can be used to track EU officials, report finds
Data brokers selling location info that can be used to track EU officials, report finds Summary A coalition of European newsrooms found that freely available datasets from data brokers contained…
Japan’s first female prime minister doesn’t call herself a feminist — but the country needs her to tackle sexism in science
Japan’s first female prime minister doesn’t call herself a feminist — but the country needs her to tackle sexism in science Summary Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister…
When will Africa have a Nobel prize in medicine?
When will Africa have a Nobel prize in medicine? Summary African researchers have driven life‑saving advances — from vaccine development to genomic surveillance and public‑health interventions — yet no one…
Android Malware Mutes Alerts, Drains Crypto Wallets
Android Malware Mutes Alerts, Drains Crypto Wallets Summary Researchers from Cyfirma have identified a sophisticated Android banking Trojan tracked as Android/BankBot-YNRK, currently targeting users in Indonesia and possibly other parts…
Independent mechanisms of inflammation and myeloid bias in VEXAS syndrome
Independent mechanisms of inflammation and myeloid bias in VEXAS syndrome Article Date: 03 November 2025Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09815-0Authors: Varun K. Narendra et al. Summary This Nature study uses somatic gene-editing models…
PhD training needs a reboot in an AI world
PhD training needs a reboot in an AI world Article meta Article Date: 03 November 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03572-w Article Image: Image link Author: Alex Sen Gupta (essay) Summary The…