What’s new in the world of AML for lawyers? – Legal Futures
The SRA has started a new round of AML inspections and updated its guidance on what to expect if you receive one. All law firms have also to complete an…
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Daily Mail sting solicitor to face disciplinary tribunal – Legal Futures
A solicitor whose firm was one of three shut down a year ago after being named in a Daily Mail undercover investigation is to face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The…
SRA to contact dozens of immigration solicitors over competence – Legal Futures
The SRA is contacting a group of immigration and asylum solicitors whose training records did not provide “sufficient assurances” that they are maintaining their competence. The post SRA to contact…
ACL set to introduce ‘costs paralegals’ to boost profession – Legal Futures
The Association of Costs Lawyers has backed the creation of a new membership category for non-costs lawyers, with launched a further consultation on describing them as ‘costs paralegals’. The post…
Big companies “care more about reputation than litigation outcomes” – Legal Futures
The leaders of large UK companies care much more about protecting brands and reputations when deciding their legal strategies than success in court or a settlement. The post Big companies…
Monitoring Changes in KEV List Can Guide Security Teams – Dark Reading
The number of additions to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog is growing quickly, but even silent changes to already-documented flaws can help security teams prioritize. – Read More
CrowdStrike Will Give Customers Control Over Falcon Sensor Updates – Dark Reading
The security vendor has also implemented several changes to protect against the kind of snafu that crashed 8.5 million Windows computers worldwide last month. – Read More
Ransomware attack paralyzes milking robots — cow dead – CSO Online
Even small farmers are not immune to cyberattacks. Vital Bircher, a farmer in Hagendorn, Switzerland, between Zurich and Lucerne, recently experienced an attack on his computer systems, which were also…
Cybercrime Rapper Sues Bank over Fraud Investigation – Krebs on Security
A partial selfie posted by Puchmade Dev to his Twitter account. Yes, that is a functioning handheld card skimming device, encrusted in diamonds. Underneath that are more medallions, including a…
Knostic Wins 2024 Black Hat Startup Spotlight Competition – Dark Reading
During a “Shark Tank”-like final, each startup’s representative spent five minutes detailing their company and product, with an additional five minutes to take questions from eight judges from Omdia, investment…
Chameleon Banking Trojan Makes a Comeback Cloaked as CRM App – Dark Reading
The evolving malware is targeting hospitality and other B2C workers in Canada and Europe with capabilities that can evade Android 13 security restrictions. – Read More
Creating Insecure AI Assistants With Microsoft Copilot Studio Is Easy – Dark Reading
Microsoft claims 50,000 organizations are using its new Copilot Creation tool, but researcher Michael Bargury demonstrated at Black Hat USA ways it could unleash insecure chatbots. – Read More
APT groups increasingly attacking cloud services to gain command and control – CSO Online
An increasing number of advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are leveraging cloud-based storage services offered by Microsoft and Google for command and control (C2) and data exfiltration, according to research…
New Linux Kernel Exploit Technique ‘SLUBStick’ Discovered by Researchers – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive.…
The API Security Crisis: Why Your Company Could Be Next – Dark Reading
You’re only as strong as your weakest security link. – Read More