Monday morning round-up – Legal Cheek
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Far-right riots will haunt the legal system for ‘months and years’, warns Justice Secretary Leading lawyer calls for…
The cyber assault on healthcare: What the Change Healthcare breach reveals – CSO Online
The February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare put the state of healthcare cybersecurity in the headlines and in front of the US Congress, with aftershocks from the seismic event…
EastWind Attack Deploys PlugY and GrewApacha Backdoors Using Booby-Trapped LNK Files – The Hacker News
The Russian government and IT organizations are the target of a new campaign that delivers a number of backdoors and trojans as part of a spear-phishing campaign codenamed EastWind. The…
Solicitor struck off over missing money that has cost profession £3.8m – Legal Futures
A solicitor who has cost the profession more than £3.8m in payments from the SRA Compensation Fund to replace money that was taken from property clients has been struck off.…
Dorset, Manchester and London see latest law firm mergers – Legal Futures
Law firm merger and acquisition activity is continuing with deals in Dorset, Manchester and London, including a leading commercial firm establishing an employment practice. The post Dorset, Manchester and London…
Law firm marketing does not convey their expertise well, say bosses – Legal Futures
The heads of large law firms do not feel their marketing communications portray their expertise very well but are still putting marketing chiefs on the boards, according to new research.…
Peers to probe adequancy of interpreting services in courts – Legal Futures
A House of Lords committee has launched an inquiry into the adequacy of interpreting and translation services in the courts – and whether AI could help. The post Peers to…
Rogue PyPI Library Solana Users, Steals Blockchain Wallet Keys – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerades as a library from the Solana blockchain platform but is actually designed to…
Researchers Uncover 10 Flaws in Google’s File Transfer Tool Quick Share – The Hacker News
As many as 10 security flaws have been uncovered in Google’s Quick Share data transfer utility for Android and Windows that could be assembled to trigger remote code execution (RCE)…
New Malware Hits 300,000 Users with Rogue Chrome and Edge Extensions – The Hacker News
An ongoing, widespread malware campaign has been observed installing rogue Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions via a trojan distributed via fake websites masquerading as popular software. “The trojan malware…
Microsoft Warns of Unpatched Office Vulnerability Leading to Data Breaches – The Hacker News
Microsoft has disclosed an unpatched zero-day in Office that, if successfully exploited, could result in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to malicious actors. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38200 (CVSS score:…
Healthcare Providers Must Plan for Ransomware Attacks on Third-Party Suppliers – Dark Reading
The American Hospital Association and the Health-ISAC issued a joint threat bulletin warning healthcare IT providers that their ransomware plans need to consider third-party risk. – Read More
AMD CPUs impacted by 18-year-old SMM flaw that enables firmware implants – CSO Online
AMD has issued microcode updates for a wide range of server and desktop CPUs to address a vulnerability that could allow attackers to bypass protections for the System Management Mode…
Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple critical flaws in Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings that, if successfully exploited, could result in serious consequences. “The impact of these vulnerabilities range between remote…
Vectra AI Expands XDR Platform to Deliver a Real-Time View of Active Posture to Monitor Exposure to Attackers – Dark Reading
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