Why Contracts Matter – Contract Nerds
Key Takeaways: If you’re new to contracts, your job includes showing others why contracts matter. Reframing contracts as business tools (not legal red tape) helps you influence, align, and enable.…
August 2025
Attackers steal data from Salesforce instances via compromised AI live chat tool – CSO Online
A threat actor managed to obtain Salesforce OAuth tokens from a third-party integration called Salesloft Drift and used the tokens to download large volumes of data from impacted Salesforce instances.…
Rise of law firm consolidators “will not lead to bidding wars” – Legal Futures
The growing number of consolidators in the legal market does not mean there will be a bidding war for attractive law firm targets, the newest player in the field has…
Solicitor paid £77,000 in fees into his own bank account – Legal Futures
A solicitor who admitted paying almost £77,000 in fees into his personal bank account from over 100 clients has been struck off. The post Solicitor paid £77,000 in fees into…
Only one in five chambers signed up to Cyber Essentials – Legal Futures
Just 19% of barristers’ chambers currently meet the Bar Council and Law Society’s joint recommendation to achieve Cyber Essentials certification, new research has found. The post Only one in five…
Lawyer “under new duty” to have functional understanding of AI – Legal Futures
Lawyers have a new duty to have a “competent functional understanding” of artificial intelligence as its use spreads across the profession, a specialist has argued. The post Lawyer “under new…
Critical Docker Desktop flaw allows container escape – CSO Online
Users of Docker Desktop on Windows and Mac are urged to upgrade to the latest version to patch a critical vulnerability that could allow an attacker to break the container…
When One Hospital Gets Ransomware, Others Feel the Pain – Dark Reading
When ransomware hits hospitals, neighbors absorb patient overflow. Key defenses include backup recovery and multifactor authentication implementation. – Read More
AI Agents in Browsers Light on Cybersecurity, Bypasses Controls – Dark Reading
Companies looking to benefit from agentic browsers pause: The services can tap into a user’s online accounts and automate tasks, but can expose organizational data and systems to a myriad…
1M Farmers Insurance Customer Data Compromised – Dark Reading
Though the company is informing its customers of the breach, Farmers isn’t publicly divulging what kinds of personal data were affected. – Read More
Philippines Power Election Security With Zero-Knowledge Proofs – Dark Reading
While 34 countries worldwide already use some form of e-voting, the Philippines can serve as a model for what a secure online voting operation looks like. – Read More
Citrix Under Active Attack Again With Another Zero-Day – Dark Reading
The flaw is one of three that the company disclosed affecting its NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway technologies. – Read More
Malicious Scanning Waves Slam Remote Desktop Services – Dark Reading
Researchers say the huge spike of coordinated scanning for Microsoft RDP services could indicate the existence of a new, as-yet-undisclosed vulnerability. – Read More
Data I/O Becomes Latest Ransomware Attack Victim – Dark Reading
The “incident” led to outages affecting a variety of the tech company’s operations, though the full scope of the breach is unknown. – Read More
Hook Android Trojan Now Delivers Ransomware-Style Attacks – Dark Reading
New features to take over smartphones and monitor user activity demonstrate the continued evolution of the malware, which is now being spread on GitHub. – Read More