Hospital stroke admissions in England have risen by 28% in the last 20 years, with a dramatic 55% increase among 50-59-year-olds, the causes being largely preventable through lifestyle changes, according to NHS England data. Rising obesity levels, poor diet and inactivity were cited as major factors, reinforcing that strokes are also a risk for younger people, not just the elderly.

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