A major cyberattack on the NHS Wirral University Teaching Hospital in northwest England resulted in the cancellation of outpatient appointments. While patient records were inaccessible, maternity services, neonatal, and the emergency triage were unaffected. The incident is the latest cybersecurity threat faced by the UK healthcare sector. Measures are being taken to increase resilience and data backup to enable a swift recovery in the event of an attack.

Sonatype reports rise in open source malware to 17,954
The 1Q 2025 Open Source Malware Index from Sonatype revealed that open source malware packages doubled compared to the same period last year, with 56%