OT Attacks Get Scary With ‘Living-off-the-Plant’ Techniques – Dark Reading
Ironically, security by obscurity has helped prevent dangerous OT attacks in recent years. It won’t be that way forever. – Read More
2026
SolarWinds WHD zero-days from January are under attack – CSO Online
SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) is under attack, with recent incidents exploiting a chain of zero-day and patched vulnerabilities dating back to late 2025, an analysis of customer reports by…
Office politics: commercial property – Law Gazette – Features
Commercial property lawyers are negotiating a divided market, amid changing work patterns, ‘green’ considerations and legislative change. Maria Shahid reports. – Read More
Thomson Reuters acquires Noetica – Legal IT Insider
Thomson Reuters Corporation today (10 February) announced it has acquired Noetica, Inc. Founded in 2022, the New York–based AI-native start-up transforms transaction-deal data into structured market intelligence for deal professionals.…
Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) component for defense evasion purposes within…
Common mistakes in financial services agreements – Legal Futures
Drafting mistakes occur because not enough time and care is taken to understand the exact nature of the relationship between the contracting parties. O’Connors offer their advice on how best…
Cyberangriff auf EU-Kommission – CSO Online
Cyberkriminellen ist es gelungen, in ein System der EU-Kommission einzudringen. Elza Low – shutterstockcom Die Europäische Kommission wurde Ziel einer Cyberattacke. Wie aus einer kürzlich veröffentlichten Mitteilung hervorgeht, erfolgte der…
From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite – The Hacker News
Are ransomware and encryption still the defining signals of modern cyberattacks, or has the industry been too fixated on noise while missing a more dangerous shift happening quietly all around…
HSF Kramer pens deal for new London HQ – Legal Cheek
Move set for 2030 Credit: Piercy&Company Herbert Smith Frehills Kramer has signed a deal for a new headquarters in the City of London, with an expected move-in date set for…
Windows shortcut weaponized in Phorpiex-linked ransomware campaign – CSO Online
Forcepoint X-Labs researchers have identified a large Phorpiex botnet-aided phishing campaign that uses weaponized Windows shortcut files to deploy Global Group ransomware across victim systems. The campaign, observed in late…
ZAST.AI Raises $6M Pre-A to Scale “Zero False Positive” AI-Powered Code Security – The Hacker News
January 5, 2026, Seattle, USA — ZAST.AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-A funding round. This investment came from the well-known investment firm Hillhouse Capital, bringing ZAST.AI’s total…
Single prompt breaks AI safety in 15 major language models – CSO Online
A single benign-sounding prompt can systematically strip safety guardrails from major language and image models, raising fresh questions about the durability of AI alignment when models are customized for enterprise…
The Anthropic legal plug-in palaver: A round-up of views – Legal IT Insider
By Reena SenGupta The news of Anthropic’s plug-in for legal work caused major upset in the legal technology world recently, with behemoths such as RELX, Thomson Reuters and Wolters Kluwer…
Warlock Ransomware Breaches SmarterTools Through Unpatched SmarterMail Server – The Hacker News
SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock (aka Storm-2603) ransomware gang breached its network by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail instance. The incident took place on January 29, 2026, when a…
Research suggests AI is impacting junior lawyers’ judgement – Legal Cheek
Productivity gains, but at what cost? AI may be making junior lawyers faster, but new findings suggest it could also be weakening the very skills the profession depends on. According…