Your step-by-step guide to small law firm growth – Legal Futures
Running a small law firm has never been easy—but in today’s environment, it can feel like you’re constantly trying to do more with less. Yet for solicitors who are strategic…
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AWS Default IAM Roles Found to Enable Lateral Movement and Cross-Service Exploitation – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered risky default identity and access management (IAM) roles impacting Amazon Web Services that could open the door for attackers to escalate privileges, manipulate other AWS services,…
Empowering Law Firm Leaders: Podcast highlights how law firms can activate their business development effectively – Legal Futures
This latest episode features a conversation with Matt Dixon, founding partner of training and consultancy firm DCM Insights, who is recognised as being one of the world’s leading authorities on…
HYCU R-Cloud for iManage Cloud now available via early access program – Legal Futures
iManage has announced the early access availability of HYCU® R-Cloud™ for iManage Cloud – an enterprise-grade backup and recovery solution purpose-built for iManage Cloud customers and powered by HYCU, The…
Skitnet malware: The new ransomware favorite – CSO Online
Ransomware operators are now actively using a modular malware, Skitnet, sold on underground forums including RAMP since April 2024. According to cybersecurity firm Prodaft, the multi-stage malware is being used…
The Crowded Battle: Key Insights from the 2025 State of Pentesting Report – The Hacker News
In the newly released 2025 State of Pentesting Report, Pentera surveyed 500 CISOs from global enterprises (200 from within the USA) to understand the strategies, tactics, and tools they use…
Chinese Hackers Deploy MarsSnake Backdoor in Multi-Year Attack on Saudi Organization – The Hacker News
Threat hunters have exposed the tactics of a China-aligned threat actor called UnsolicitedBooker that targeted an unnamed international organization in Saudi Arabia with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MarsSnake. ESET,…
Go-Based Malware Deploys XMRig Miner on Linux Hosts via Redis Configuration Abuse – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new Linux cryptojacking campaign that’s targeting publicly accessible Redis servers. The malicious activity has been codenamed RedisRaider by Datadog Security Labs. “RedisRaider aggressively…
Sixth and biggest acquisition so far for PE-backed Lawfront – Legal Futures
Private equity-backed Lawfront has made its sixth and largest regional firm acquisition to date by bringing in Trethowans, which has five offices in South and South-West England. The post Sixth…
4 ways to safeguard CISO communications from legal liabilities – CSO Online
In 2019, Russian threat actors began targeting Texas-based business software provider SolarWinds. What started as a dry run to inject malware into SolarWinds’ networks evolved into the boldest software supply…
Former solicitor blames Google for producing fake cases in strike-off appeal – Legal Cheek
Denies using AI Credit: Christian Wiediger on Unsplash A former solicitor who appealed his strike-off was found by the High Court to have cited up to 27 “fake authorities” —…
Future law student asks internet whether it’s OK to be a stripper – Legal Cheek
‘Law firms like people with customer facing previous experience’ A Reddit user identifying themselves as a future UCL law student has taken to the message board for advice on a…
Malicious PyPI Packages Exploit Instagram and TikTok APIs to Validate User Accounts – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that act as checker tools to validate stolen email addresses against TikTok and Instagram APIs. All…
Ethical hackers exploited zero-day vulnerabilities against popular OS, browsers, VMs and AI frameworks – CSO Online
Security researchers showcased 28 zero-day vulnerabilities during the Pwn2Own contest held during the OffensiveCon conference in Berlin that ended on Saturday. The flaws allowed ethical hackers to compromise software products…
“Eyes-on, hands-off” – law firm boss calms fears over PE investment – Legal Futures
Lawyers should not believe “everything you read” about the negatives of being acquired by private equity, according to the managing director of a Midlands law firm bought last autumn. The…