Skeleton arguments – Law Gazette – Features
With 4,500 attendees from 65 countries, Legal Geek’s annual conference was bigger than ever. But its focus has shifted. – Read More
October 2025
Medical negligence claims: Can AI help identify breach and causation? – Legal Futures
Medical negligence claims often turn on two pivotal legal questions: breach of duty and causation. Can AI help in identifying them more clearly, efficiently or fairly? The post Medical negligence…
FCA: We are not discouraging consumers from using lawyers – Legal Futures
The Financial Conduct Authority is not trying to discourage motor finance victims from seeking professional representation, a senior executive insisted last week. The post FCA: We are not discouraging consumers…
SDT distinguishes its definition of dishonesty from the court’s – Legal Futures
A solicitor found to have been fundamentally dishonest in a personal injury claim has been cleared of dishonesty by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The post SDT distinguishes its definition of…
Is AML move the first step towards single legal regulator? – Legal Futures
The government’s decision to rationalise the oversight of AML supervision could be a precursor to the entirety of legal regulation, a leading practitioner has suggested. The post Is AML move…
Scammers try to trick LastPass users into giving up credentials by telling them they’re dead – CSO Online
Are you sure you’re still alive? If so, you may fall for a phishing scam aimed at getting the master login passwords of LastPass password manager users. OK, this sounds…
Critical Microsoft WSUS flaw exploited in wild after insufficient patch – CSO Online
Microsoft released out-of-band patches on Thursday to “comprehensively” fix a critical vulnerability in the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) after the first patches released on Oct. 14 proved insufficient. Attackers…
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical Windows Server Bug – Dark Reading
Microsoft initially fixed CVE-2025-59287 in the WSUS update mechanism in the October 2025 Patch Tuesday release, but the company has now issued a second, out-of-band update for the flaw, which…
Smishing Triad Linked to 194,000 Malicious Domains in Global Phishing Operation – The Hacker News
The threat actors behind a large-scale, ongoing smishing campaign have been attributed to more than 194,000 malicious domains since January 1, 2024, targeting a broad range of services across the…
How CISA Layoffs Weaken Civilian Cyber Defense – Dark Reading
Cyber teams need to get to work backfilling diminishing federal resources, according to Alexander Garcia-Tobar, who shares clear steps on a path forward for protecting enterprises with less CISA help.…
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Actively Exploited Critical WSUS Vulnerability – The Hacker News
Microsoft on Thursday released out-of-band security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with a proof-of-concept (Poc) exploit publicly available and has come under active exploitation…
Shutdown Sparks 85% Increase in US Government Cyberattacks – Dark Reading
Attackers are pouncing on financially strapped US government agencies and furloughed employees. And the effects of this period might be felt for a long time hereafter. – Read More
UN agreement on cybercrime criticized over risks to cybersecurity researchers – CSO Online
Cybersecurity researchers could face criminal charges for performing their legitimate work if the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime is ratified in a process beginning in Hanoi, Vietnam, this weekend, critics…
APT36 Targets Indian Government with Golang-Based DeskRAT Malware Campaign – The Hacker News
A Pakistan-nexus threat actor has been observed targeting Indian government entities as part of spear-phishing attacks designed to deliver a Golang-based malware known as DeskRAT. The activity, observed in August…
Introducing the new Client and Matter Risk Assessment within eCOS – Legal Futures
Today, firms are under more pressure than ever, not just to show compliance by asking the right questions when assessing the risk of a new instruction, but also to clearly…