Pinsents gives staff Friday afternoons off – Legal Cheek
Month-long trial subject to client demand In what might be a Big Law first, Pinsent Masons is allowing all its employees to finish early on a Friday throughout the month…
August 2024
6 IT risk assessment frameworks compared – CSO Online
Technology is one of the greatest assets companies have, essential to running or supporting many business processes. It’s also one of the biggest risks. That’s why IT risk assessment frameworks…
Exclusive: CrowdStrike eyes Action1 for $1B amid fallout from Falcon update mishap – CSO Online
Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike is in talks to acquire Action1, a cloud-based patch management and vulnerability remediation company for close to $1 billion. According to a source close to the matter…
DOJ Charges Nashville Man for Helping North Koreans Get U.S. Tech Jobs – The Hacker News
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday charged a 38-year-old individual from Nashville, Tennessee, for allegedly running a “laptop farm” to help get North Koreans remote jobs with American…
City lawyer turned fashion designer swaps billables for bags – Legal Cheek
Ex-Taylor Wessing associate Saher Bhatti now runs successful vegan handbag brand Ex-lawyer and Lawful London founder Saher Bhatti (Credit: Saher Bhatti) A former City lawyer has reflected on her journey…
The best social media posts of the week – Legal Cheek
A round-up of online musings, memes and more A protestor is a person who publicly demonstrates their opposition to something… Heard in a courtroom Vac scheme students vs. Direct TC…
CISA Warns of Hackers Exploiting Legacy Cisco Smart Install Feature – The Hacker News
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed that threat actors are abusing the legacy Cisco Smart Install (SMI) feature with the aim of accessing sensitive data. The…
CAT approves litigation funder’s ‘Chinese wall’ – Legal Futures
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has agreed to the creation of a “separate funding vehicle” within the same litigation funder as it approved the first opt-in collective proceedings order. The post…
Solicitor fined for transferring £10k of client money by error – Legal Futures
A solicitor who mistakenly transferred £10,000 of client money to his firm’s business account – and did not realise for six months – has been fined by the SRA. The…
Eight opt-out class actions per person in the UK, research finds – Legal Futures
Actions filed at the Competition Appeals Tribunal encompass a staggering 544m class members, the equivalent of 8.1 actions for each person in the UK. The post Eight opt-out class actions…
High Court judge avoids removal over love letter to junior staff member – Legal Futures
A male High Court judge who expressed his love for a young female member of staff has received a reprimand for serious misconduct. The post High Court judge avoids removal…
Memory Safety Is Key to Preventing Hardware Hacks – Dark Reading
Spectre and Meltdown exposed just how easy a target computer memory was for attackers. Several efforts are underway to protect memory. – Read More
CrowdStrike’s Legal Pressures Mount, Could Blaze Path to Liability – Dark Reading
Following the July 19 outages caused by a bad update, the cybersecurity firm faces shareholder lawsuits and pressure to pay damages for at least one major customer, Delta Airlines. Will…
S3 shadow buckets leave AWS accounts open to compromise – CSO Online
Researchers have found a new way to attack AWS services or third-party projects that automatically provision AWS S3 storage buckets. Dubbed Shadow Resource, the new attack vector can result in…
How to Weaponize Microsoft Copilot for Cyberattackers – Dark Reading
At Black Hat USA, security researcher Michael Bargury released a “LOLCopilot” ethical hacking module to demonstrate how attackers can exploit Microsoft Copilot — and offered advice for defensive tooling. –…