Cripps and Michelmores end merger talks – Legal Cheek
No deal Less than a month after reports emerged of merger talks, Southern England law firms Cripps and Michelmores have confirmed they will not be joining forces. The deal would…
July 2025
Microsoft Patches 130 Vulnerabilities, Including Critical Flaws in SPNEGO and SQL Server – The Hacker News
For the first time in 2025, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates did not bundle fixes for exploited security vulnerabilities, but acknowledged one of the addressed flaws had been publicly known. The…
How CISOs are training the next generation of cyber leaders – CSO Online
It’s easy for cybersecurity leaders to get caught up on the day-to-day of making sure teams are delivering and risks are being managed that the opportunity to prepare those same…
Was ist ein Botnet? – CSO Online
Ein Botnetz besteht aus vielen “Zombie”-Rechnern und lässt sich beispielsweise einsetzen, um DDoS-Attacken zu fahren. Das sollten Sie zum Thema wissen. FOTOKINA | shutterstock.com Kriminelle Hacker suchen stets nach Möglichkeiten,…
South Korean Government Imposes Penalties on SK Telecom for Breach – Dark Reading
Following a breach at the country’s top mobile provider that exposed 27 million records, the South Korean government imposed a small monetary penalty but stiff regulatory requirements. – Read More
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025 Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of the weaknesses addressed this month are known to be…
How AI is breaking traditional remuneration models – Technollama
It’s been a busy few weeks in the AI and copyright beat, and while I’ve been following all of the developments closely, I haven’t had the time to react to…
July Patch Tuesday: 14 critical Microsoft vulnerabilities, one SAP hole rated at 10 in severity – CSO Online
Microsoft’s July Patch Tuesday fixes are a mix of good news and bad news for CSOs: Fourteen of the vulnerabilities are rated as critical, but on the other hand, there…
High-profile non-lawyer firm owner disqualified by SRA – Legal Futures
The man who founded now-defunct Stobart Barristers and then bought two well-known criminal law firms has been disqualified from running a law firm in future. The post High-profile non-lawyer firm…
Senior lawyer “should decide if Post Office compensation is full and fair” – Legal Futures
A senior lawyer should be appointed to make sure that first compensation offers to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are “full and fair”, the first part of the…
Government backs MP’s bill to extend use of remote hearings – Legal Futures
The government has given its “wholehearted support” to a private member’s bill that gives judges the power to hold remote hearing for breaches of some injunctions. The post Government backs…
Engine of change – Philip’s new role as he heads to SRA exit – Legal Futures
The outgoing chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority has lined up his first non-executive role by joining the board of the Institute of the Motor Industry. The post Engine…
AI Trust Score Ranks LLM Security – Dark Reading
Startup Tumeryk’s State of AI Trust finds Google Gemini Pro 2.5 as the most trustworthy with ChatGPT-4 Mini a close second, while DeepSeek and Alibaba Qwen scoring lowest. – Read…
7 Essential Best Practices for Drafting Contract Amendments – Contract Nerds
Key Takeaways: Carefully review the original contract’s amendment rules before writing changes to make sure you follow the required steps, approvals, and limits that control how you can modify the…
Microsoft Patches 137 CVEs in July, But No Zero-Days – Dark Reading
Some 17 of the bugs are at high risk for exploits, including multiple remote code execution bugs in Office and SharePoint. – Read More