The best social media posts of the week – Legal Cheek
A round-up of online musings, memes and more Law firm lawyers vs. In house lawyers Law firm lawyers vs. In house lawyers pic.twitter.com/IQR3iUU7vL — Alex Su (@heyitsalexsu) August 1, 2024…
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Hoowla case management software journey into the Canadian market – Legal Futures
It has been just over a month since Hoowla case management software Managing Director Adam Curtis and Lead Developer, Edd Turtle, travelled to Toronto, Canada, to participate in a week-long…
London Galacticos: Paul Weiss raids Kirkland for yet another partner as it prepares to launch training contract – Legal Cheek
Another star corporate lawyer heads to Soho Paul Weiss’ new London office, which is located in Twitter’s former UK headquarters in the Soho district of the capital A senior funds…
U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange – The Hacker News
In a historic prisoner exchange between Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the U.S., two Russian nationals serving time for cybercrime activities have been freed and repatriated to their country.…
Cybercriminals Abusing Cloudflare Tunnels to Evade Detection and Spread Malware – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity companies are warning about an uptick in the abuse of Clouflare’s TryCloudflare free service for malware delivery. The activity, documented by both eSentire and Proofpoint, entails the use of…
Introducing Active Cyber Defence 2.0 – NCSC Blog
ACD 2.0 aims to build the next generation of services in partnership with industry and academia. – Read More
Eight-year-old “Sitting Ducks” DNS weakness exploited to hijack web domains with impunity – CSO Online
The vast global Domain Name System (DNS) is so fundamental to the way the web works that service providers and their customers are sure to configure and manage it carefully.…
U.S. Trades Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap – Krebs on Security
Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated were several convicted cybercriminals. In return, Russia has reportedly released…
SRA to probe competence of family law and landlord and tenant solicitors – Legal Futures
The SRA is to examine how family law and landlord and tenant law specialists maintain their competence amid increasing reports about their practices. The post SRA to probe competence of…
Green light for billionaire to challenge law firm’s £13m fees – Legal Futures
The Court of Appeal has held that none of the 79 invoices worth nearly £13m received by a billionaire over six years were statutory bills, meaning they remain open for…
Law firms facing “astronomical ransom demands” from cyber-attackers – Legal Futures
The legal sector has faced “astronomical ransom demands” from cyber-attackers in recent years, ranging from $30,000 to $21m, according to new research. The post Law firms facing “astronomical ransom demands”…
Peers back rapid passage of Arbitration Bill through Parliament – Legal Futures
Peers from all sides of the House of Lords have backed the Arbitration Bill to pass into law quickly during the first debate since it recommenced its journey through Parliament.…
Attacks on Bytecode Interpreters Conceal Malicious Injection Activity – Dark Reading
By injecting malicious bytecode into interpreters for VBScript, Python, and Lua, researchers found they can circumvent malicious code detection. – Read More
More Legal Records Stolen in 2023 Than Previous 5 Years Combined – Dark Reading
Law firms make the perfect target for extortion, so it’s no wonder that ransomware attackers target them and demand multimillion dollar ransoms. – Read More
CrowdStrike failure: the beginning of the end of software without guarantees? – CSO Online
Everyone knows now how a flawed update crashed 8.5 million computers running the Windows version of CrowdStrike’s Falcon cybersecurity software — but what does the failure of one company’s software…