Thin blue line – Law Gazette – Features
Duty solicitors are a staple of every modern detective drama. But with numbers plummeting, their attendance is becoming less dependable in real‑life police stations. Catherine Baksi reports. – Read More
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Law Society “not assured” of SRA’s performance post-Axiom Ince – Legal Futures
The Law Society has ratcheted up the pressure on the SRA over Axiom Ince by saying it is “not sufficiently assured” that the regulator is doing its job properly. The…
Government still eyeing client account interest to fund free legal advice – Legal Futures
The Ministry of Justice is taking forward work on whether interest on lawyers’ client accounts could be diverted to fund legal services for people unable to afford advice. The post…
Supreme Court to rule on car finance cases on Friday – at 4.35pm – Legal Futures
The Supreme Court is to take the highly unusual step of issuing its heavily anticipated ruling in the car finance cases at 4.35pm this Friday. The post Supreme Court to…
Solicitor’s tenant jailed after being convicted of his murder – Legal Futures
A cannabis addict who believed she was Princess Diana’s secret daughter was last week sentenced to indefinite detention after beating a solicitor to death. The post Solicitor’s tenant jailed after…
AI and Copyright in the UK – Technollama
(This is the text of a recent short piece I published on SSRN, it’s short enough to be turned into a blog post, but it’s written in a more formal…
Cyber Career Opportunities: Weighing Certifications vs. Degrees – Dark Reading
Longtime CISO Melina Scotto joins Dark Reading to discuss career advice gleaned from her 30 years in the cyber industry. – Read More
‘Fire Ant’ Cyber Spies Compromise Siloed VMware Systems – Dark Reading
Suspected China-nexus threat actors targeted virtual environments and used several tools and techniques to bypass security barriers and reach isolated portions of victims’ networks. – Read More
AI-Generated Linux Miner ‘Koske’ Beats Human Malware – Dark Reading
AI malware is becoming less of a gimmick, with features that meet or exceed what traditional human-developed malware typically can do. – Read More
North Korea’s IT Worker Rampage Continues Amid DoJ Action – Dark Reading
Arrests and indictments keep coming, but the North Korean fake IT worker scheme is only snowballing, and businesses can’t afford to assume their applicant-screening processes are up to the task…
U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm – The Hacker News
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company and three associated individuals for their involvement in the fraudulent remote information…
Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files – The Hacker News
The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors with the goal of gathering strategic intelligence. “The campaign employs a five-stage…
Why Security Nudges Took Off – Dark Reading
Nudges can be powerful — but they are not immune to overuse or misapplication. – Read More
Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits Russian Aerospace Sector Using EAGLET Backdoor – The Hacker News
Russian aerospace and defense industries have become the target of a cyber espionage campaign that delivers a backdoor called EAGLET to facilitate data exfiltration. The activity, dubbed Operation CargoTalon, has…
The Young and the Restless: Young Cybercriminals Raise Concerns – Dark Reading
National governments warn that many hacker groups attract young people through a sense of community, fame, or the promise of money and the perception of a lack of risk of…