INTERPOL has announced the arrest of eight individuals in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria as part of a crackdown on phishing scams and romance cyber fraud. Dubbed Operation Contender 2.0, the…
2023 saw significant headwinds for the conveyancing market with falling transaction volumes and rising interest rates, but what does it mean for conveyancers and what opportunities lie ahead? The post…
Founded in 1971, Barnes and Partners has over forty years of experience. The firm has grown into one of North London’s leading solicitor firms, with a network of four local…
Emphasised legal knowledge A magistrate has received a formal warning from the judicial watchdog following a “heated dispute” with a neighbour regarding their dog. Jean Banford JP is reported to…
Targeted in “sting operation” A former DWF partner has been struck off the roll after being caught in a “sting operation” run by a paedophile hunter group. David Storry Walton,…
As Felicity Oswald hands over to the new NCSC CEO, she reflects on why cyber security and intelligence are so connected. – Read More
A new wave of international law enforcement actions has led to four arrests and the takedown of nine servers linked to the LockBit (aka Bitwise Spider) ransomware operation, marking the…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager (EPM) that the company patched in May to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)…
As much as cybersecurity professionals might prefer otherwise, ours is a field defined by reaction — just ask the average cyber analyst or threat hunter about their day to get…
CeranaKeeper is bombarding Southeast Asia with data exfiltration attacks via file-sharing services such as Pastebin, OneDrive, and GitHub, researchers say. – Read More
Armed with a staggering arsenal of at least 20,000 different exploits for various Linux server misconfigurations, perfctl is everywhere, annoying, and tough to get rid of. – Read More
An experienced criminal lawyer who made sexualised jokes in a courtroom at the expense of a probation officer has been reprimanded by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The post “Robing room…
The Bar Standards Board has decided against making public the assessments it intends to make of individual chambers, as part of its new approach to overseeing them. The post BSB…
A partner and registered foreign lawyer at the Brussels office of a major City law firm has been banned after admitting that he wanted a sexual relationship with a young…
There remains a gap between policy and practice when it comes to diversity, equality and inclusion at both law firms and in-house legal departments. The post Gap between EDI policy…