The NHS in Shropshire has ended a critical incident declared due to a surge in flu, Covid, and other winter illnesses. Although restrictions on hospital visitors were implemented due to increased demand, the system remains under strain due to an “extraordinary year for flu.” NHS Shropshire’s chief nursing officer encouraged the use of NHS 111 for non-emergencies and to consider whether hospital visits were essential.

Mandiant warns of attacks on newly-disclosed Ivanti remote takeover threat
Google’s Mandiant team has issued an alert about a remote code execution flaw in the Ivanti Connect Secure VPN platform. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2025-22457, is