Monday morning round-up – Legal Cheek
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend How a former junior lawyer created a $5bn AI legal start-up (£) Court room or soap opera? Employment…
HiddenGh0st, Winos and kkRAT Exploit SEO, GitHub Pages in Chinese Malware Attacks – The Hacker News
Chinese-speaking users are the target of a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that uses fake software sites to distribute malware. “The attackers manipulated search rankings with SEO plugins and…
9 unverzichtbare Open-Source-Security-Tools – CSO Online
Diese Open-Source-Tools adressieren spezifische Security-Probleme – mit minimalem Footprint. Foto: N Universe | shutterstock.com Cybersicherheitsexperten verlassen sich in diversen Bereichen auf Open-Source-Lösungen – nicht zuletzt weil diese im Regelfall von…
Zehn Karrierekiller für CISOs – CSO Online
CISOs müssen sich anpassen und weiterentwickeln. Nur so können sie selbst und ihre arbeitgebenden Unternehmen florieren. Ground Picture – Shutterstock.com CISOs tragen große Verantwortung und können daher mit Fehlverhalten ein…
Disputes and the EU: Patching it up – Law Gazette – Features
Lawyers have profited from assisting clients who need Brexit ‘workarounds’, especially when it comes to disputes. But, as Katharine Freeland reports, the professional inconvenience for lawyers is taking its toll.…
Decisions and interventions – Law Gazette – Features
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal). – Read More
Barrister referred to BSB for misleading tribunal with ChatGPT – Legal Futures
A barrister who used ChatGPT to draft grounds of appeal for the Upper Tribunal that included a fake case reference, and then failed to admit it, has been referred to…
Solicitor “did not perceive risk” of failing to witness PoA properly – Legal Futures
A solicitor who failed to properly witness a power of attorney during the pandemic has received a suspended suspension. The post Solicitor “did not perceive risk” of failing to witness…
FCA steps up campaign to warn consumers off law firms and CMCs – Legal Futures
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a £1m campaign to tell motor finance customers that they do not need to use a claims management company or law firm. The post…
High Court orders will writers to take part in mediation – Legal Futures
The High Court has consolidated a negligence claim against a will-writing company with a dispute over the will it drafted, and ordered the company to engage in mediation. The post…
Why some appeals are just not worth pursuing – Legal Futures
This case reinforces the need for clear, honest advice and a strong understanding of the risks associated with illegal working and civil penalty challenges. The post Why some appeals are…
Communication to the public is about to shape the future of AI copyright – Technollama
We are probably squarely in the middle of the AI copyright regulatory cycle, judging by previous technological inflexion points. The first half of this cycle has been dominated rightly by…
FBI Warns of UNC6040 and UNC6395 Targeting Salesforce Platforms in Data Theft Attacks – The Hacker News
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a flash alert to release indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395 for a…
VoidProxy phishing-as-a-service operation steals Microsoft, Google login credentials – CSO Online
Identity and access management provider Okta has discovered what it says is a novel phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation that, if victims fall for an infected email, may get around the user…
VMScape Spectre BTI attack breaks VM isolation on AMD and Intel CPUs – CSO Online
Researchers have demonstrated a Spectre-like CPU branch target injection attack that allows malicious virtual machine users to leak sensitive information from host hypervisors such as KVM/QEMU on Linux. The new…