Revealed: US grants first ABS licence to overseas law firm – Legal Futures
Shine Lawyers, the Australian-listed personal injury and class action law firm, has become what is thought to be the first foreign firm to obtain an ABS licence in the USA.…
April 2025
Assistant solicitor fined for costly undertaking failures – Legal Futures
An assistant solicitor whose failure to comply with an undertaking in a property transaction cost his firm’s insurer £440,000 has been fined £5,500. The post Assistant solicitor fined for costly…
Gender disparity in publicly funded advocacy – only CPS making progress – Legal Futures
Efforts by the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure it allocates work more equitably between the sexes are slowly bearing fruit, a new analysis has shown. The post Gender disparity in…
Ban for legal executive who fabricated admissions and pleadings – Legal Futures
A chartered legal executive who fabricated court pleadings, expert reports and letters from third parties has been disqualified from working for solicitors’ firms. The post Ban for legal executive who…
How is your firm’s ‘written continuing competence policy’? – Legal Futures
The findings in the SRA’s recent thematic review of probate services were quite alarming to the regulator when it came to continued competence. The post How is your firm’s ‘written…
Microsoft Credits EncryptHub, Hacker Behind 618+ Breaches, for Disclosing Windows Flaws – The Hacker News
A likely lone wolf actor behind the EncryptHub persona was acknowledged by Microsoft for discovering and reporting two security flaws in Windows last month, painting a picture of a “conflicted”…
North Korean Hackers Deploy BeaverTail Malware via 11 Malicious npm Packages – The Hacker News
The North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign are spreading their tentacles on the npm ecosystem by publishing more malicious packages that deliver the BeaverTail malware, as…
Malicious Python Packages on PyPI Downloaded 39,000+ Times, Steal Sensitive Data – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious libraries in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to steal sensitive information. Two of the packages, bitcoinlibdbfix and bitcoinlib-dev, masquerade as fixes…
Gmail Is Not a Secure Way to Send Sensitive Comms: A Friendly Reminder – Dark Reading
New end-to-end Gmail encryption alone isn’t secure enough for an enterprise’s most sensitive and prized data, experts say. – Read More
RSAC Unveils Keynote Speaker Slate for RSAC (TM) 2025 Conference – Dark Reading
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CISA Warns: Old DNS Trick ‘Fast Flux’ Is Still Thriving – Dark Reading
An old DNS switcheroo technique is still helping attackers keep their infrastructure alive. But is it really a pressing issue in 2025? – Read More
Cyber agencies urge organizations to collaborate to stop fast flux DNS attacks – CSO Online
IT leaders in governments, critical infrastructure providers, and businesses must work closely with their ISPs and cybersecurity providers to block a tactic increasingly being used by threat actors to hide…
Minnesota Tribe Struggles After Ransomware Attack – Dark Reading
Hotel and casino operations for the Lower Sioux Indians have been canceled or postponed, and the local health center is redirecting those needing medical or dental care. – Read More
Five Critical Elements of Limitation of Liability Provisions – Contract Nerds
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Review exclusions from liability caps embedded in other provisions such as those often found in confidentiality sections that often have other obligations such as those on data security…
Ivanti warns customers of new critical flaw exploited in the wild – CSO Online
Ivanti is warning customers that a critical vulnerability that impacts its VPN appliances and other products has already been exploited in the wild by a Chinese APT group. The flaw…