Knights returns to the acquisition trail with £12.5m deal – Legal Futures
Listed law firm consolidator Knights has unveiled its first acquisition in over a year – and 22nd in total – by announcing a £12.5m deal for West Midlands firm Thursfields…
Number of LPAs registered soars by 28% – Legal Futures
There was a 28% surge in the number of applications for lasting powers of attorney last year, but the Office of the Public Guardian still managed to reduce its backlog.…
Sham marriages solicitor is struck off – Legal Futures
A solicitor who arranged sham marriages as an immigration lawyer while “falsely representing” to the Home Office that his own marriage was genuine, has been struck off. The post Sham…
French Authorities Launch Operation to Remove PlugX Malware from Infected Systems – The Hacker News
French judicial authorities, in collaboration with Europol, have launched a so-called “disinfection operation” to rid compromised hosts of a known malware called PlugX. The Paris Prosecutor’s Office, Parquet de Paris,…
Malicious PyPI Package Targets macOS to Steal Google Cloud Credentials – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that targets Apple macOS systems with the goal of stealing users’ Google Cloud credentials from a…
Secure Boot no more? Leaked key, faulty practices put 900 PC/server models in jeopardy – CSO Online
Security researchers warn that some PC and server manufacturers are using insecure cryptographic keys as the root of trust for Secure Boot, an important security feature in modern computers that…
Crooks Bypassed Google’s Email Verification to Create Workspace Accounts, Access 3rd-Party Services – Krebs on Security
Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent the email verification required to create a Google Workspace account, and leverage that to impersonate a domain…
Millions of Devices Vulnerable to ‘PKFail’ Secure Boot Bypass Issue – Dark Reading
Several vendors for consumer and enterprise PCs share a compromised crypto key that should never have been on the devices in the first place. – Read More
CrowdStrike Outage Losses Estimated at a Staggering $5.4B – Dark Reading
Researchers track the healthcare sector as experiencing the biggest financial losses, with banking and transportation following close behind. – Read More
Targeted PyPi Package Steals Google Cloud Credentials from macOS Devs – Dark Reading
The campaign is laser-targeted, bucking the trend of “spray-and-pray” malicious open source packages turning up in code repositories seemingly every other day. – Read More
Companies Struggle to Recover From CrowdStrike’s Crippling Falcon Update – Dark Reading
The cybersecurity firm says that 97% of sensors are back online, but some organizations continue to recover with costs tallied at $5.4 billion for the Fortune 500 alone. – Read…
US Offers $10M Reward for Information on North Korean Hacker – Dark Reading
The individual is part of a DPRK-backed group known as Andariel, which is known for using the ‘Maui’ ransomware strain to target and extort healthcare entities. – Read More
Nvidia Embraces LLMs & Commonsense Cybersecurity Strategy – Dark Reading
Nvidia doesn’t just make the chips that accelerate a lot of AI applications — the company regularly creates and uses its own large language models, too. – Read More
Counting the cost of CrowdStrike: the bug that bit billions – CSO Online
As eye-popping estimates emerge for the cost to enterprises of dealing with aftermath of last week’s CrowdStrike-induced outages, it’s crucial to break down the sources of these expenses and understand…
Download the unified endpoint management (UEM) platform enterprise buyer’s guide – CSO Online
From the editors of our sister publication Computerworld, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps IT staff understand what the various unified endpoint management (UEM) platforms can do for their organizations and…