WhatsApp messages constitute a contract, judge rules – Legal Cheek
Doesn’t matter that it’s informal Image via Unsplash A top judge has ruled that a WhatsApp exchange constituted a contract in a demolition dispute. Roger ter Haar KC of Crown…
April 2025
4 big mistakes you’re probably still making in vulnerability management…and how to fix them – CSO Online
Let’s be honest folks, vulnerability management isn’t the same game it was five years ago. But if you’re still running periodic scans, ‘offering’ updates vs enforcing, and chasing CVSS scores…
LegalEdCon 2025: First batch of speakers announced – Legal Cheek
Law training experts join influencers and academics at Legal Cheek’s annual in-person conference From top left to bottom right: Julie Swan, Director of Education and Training at the Solicitors Regulation…
DoJ Data Security Program Highlights Data Sharing Challenges – Dark Reading
The Department of Justice announced compliance rules for the Data Security Program that will require organizations to reexamine how they do business and with whom. – Read More
⚡ Weekly Recap: Critical SAP Exploit, AI-Powered Phishing, Major Breaches, New CVEs & More – The Hacker News
What happens when cybercriminals no longer need deep skills to breach your defenses? Today’s attackers are armed with powerful tools that do the heavy lifting — from AI-powered phishing kits…
How Breaches Start: Breaking Down 5 Real Vulns – The Hacker News
Not every security vulnerability is high risk on its own – but in the hands of an advanced attacker, even small weaknesses can escalate into major breaches. These five real…
Earth Kurma Targets Southeast Asia With Rootkits and Cloud-Based Data Theft Tools – The Hacker News
Government and telecommunications sectors in Southeast Asia have become the target of a “sophisticated” campaign undertaken by a new advanced persistent threat (APT) group called Earth Kurma since June 2024.…
DWF announces job cuts with over 100 roles at risk – Legal Cheek
Around 2% of the firm’s workforce DWF has placed more than 100 staff at risk of redundancy as the firm moves to streamline its operations amid ongoing cost-cutting pressures. The…
WooCommerce Users Targeted by Fake Patch Phishing Campaign Deploying Site Backdoors – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a large-scale phishing campaign targeting WooCommerce users with a fake security alert urging them to download a “critical patch” but deploy a backdoor instead. WordPress…
Ransomware-Angriff auf guenstiger.de – CSO Online
Das Portal von guenstiger.de ist online – was die Hacker jedoch im Backend angerichtet haben, darüber liegen noch keine Informationen vor. guenstiger.de Die IT-Verantwortlichen des Preisvergleichsportals guenstiger.de arbeiten nach dem…
Hackers Exploit Critical Craft CMS Flaws; Hundreds of Servers Likely Compromised – The Hacker News
Threat actors have been observed exploiting two newly disclosed critical security flaws in Craft CMS in zero-day attacks to breach servers and gain unauthorized access. The attacks, first observed by…
Monday morning round-up – Legal Cheek
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Ex-PM Gordon Brown makes criminal complaint against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire Lawyer in Trump’s inner circle now a…
Reporting lines: Could separating from IT help CISOs? – CSO Online
Reporting to the CFO instead of the CIO can help CISOs frame cybersecurity in business terms, position cybersecurity as more than a cost center, and reduce conflicts of interest between…
IT-Security ist keine Vertrauenssache – CSO Online
G Data warnt davor, die Komplexität heutiger Bedrohungsszenarien zu unterschätzen. Pictrider – shutterstock.com Geht es um Cybersicherheit, fühlt sich die Mehrheit der Anwender bei ihren IT-Kollegen gut aufgehoben. Knapp acht…
GenAI finds its voice – Law Gazette – Features
Voice-first interaction is recasting AI as a digital colleague rather than a tech tool. This could be the ‘new frontier’ for GenAI. – Read More