Monday morning round-up – Legal Cheek
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Law firm clients seek clarity on AI’s potential to cut costs (£) Attorney-general attacks Badenoch over call to…
Fake Recruiter Emails Target CFOs Using Legit NetBird Tool Across 6 Global Regions – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new spear-phishing campaign that uses a legitimate remote access tool called Netbird to target Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and financial executives at banks, energy…
Zero-Knowledge-Protokoll: Was Sie über zk-SNARK wissen sollten – CSO Online
Zero-Knowledge-Protokolle wie zk-SNARK nutzen die kleinstmögliche Informationsmenge zur Authentifizierung. Nomad Soul | shutterstock.com Unter den Zero-Knowledge-Protokollen nimmt zk-SNARK (Zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive argument or knowledge) eine Sonderrolle ein – es ist…
Solicitor who worked for three firms at same time struck off – Legal Futures
A locum solicitor whose timesheets claimed for the same time from two different firms – while employed full-time at a third – has been struck off. The post Solicitor who…
Law firms “must tell clients how to complain at end of cases” – Legal Futures
Law firms must tell their clients how to complain at the end, as well as the beginning, of their cases, under new rules proposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The…
Property lawyers attack “punitive” AML fining regime – Legal Futures
The “punitive” fining regime for anti-money laundering rule breaches operated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has left lawyers feeling “fearful”. The post Property lawyers attack “punitive” AML fining regime…
Three out of 10 GCs plan to cut spending on external lawyers – Legal Futures
Nearly three out of 10 corporate general counsel plan to cut spending on external lawyers – the highest proportion since 2020, a report has found. The post Three out of…
New Linux Flaws Allow Password Hash Theft via Core Dumps in Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora – The Hacker News
Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research Unit…
U.S. DoJ Seizes 4 Domains Supporting Cybercrime Crypting Services in Global Operation – The Hacker News
A multinational law enforcement operation has resulted in the takedown of an online cybercrime syndicate that offered services to threat actors to ensure that their malicious software stayed undetected from…
‘Earth Lamia’ Exploits Known SQL, RCE Bugs Across Asia – Dark Reading
A “highly active” Chinese threat group is taking proverbial candy from babies, exploiting known bugs in exposed servers to steal data from organizations in sensitive sectors. – Read More
FBI Warns of Filipino Tech Company Running Sprawling Crypto Scams – Dark Reading
The US Treasury said cryptocurrency investment schemes like the ones facilitated by Funnull Technology Inc. have cost Americans billions of dollars annually. – Read More
New EDDIESTEALER Malware Bypasses Chrome’s App-Bound Encryption to Steal Browser Data – The Hacker News
A new malware campaign is distributing a novel Rust-based information stealer dubbed EDDIESTEALER using the popular ClickFix social engineering tactic initiated via fake CAPTCHA verification pages. “This campaign leverages deceptive…
Vibe Coding Changed the Development Process – Dark Reading
AI tools shook up development. Now, product security must change too. – Read More
Tenable to Acquire AI Security Startup Apex – Dark Reading
Apex will enhance Tenable’s AI Aware tool by mitigating the threats of AI applications and tools not governed by organizations, while enforcing existing security policies. – Read More
CISO Stature Rises, but Security Budgets Remain Tight – Dark Reading
The rate of compensation gains has slowed from the COVID years, and budgets remain largely static due to economic fears, but CISOs are increasingly gaining executive status and responsibilities. –…