Monday morning round-up – Legal Cheek
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Freshfields only large firm to sign on in support of legal fight against Donald Trump (£) UK bans…
UK legal services mission aims to strengthens UK-US innovation amidst global upheaval – Legal IT Insider
The UK’s Justice Minister Sarah Sackman last week joined a Government-backed delegation of British lawtech firms in Chicago to showcase how the UK legal sector is putting AI at the…
The risks of entry-level developers over relying on AI – CSO Online
Whenever tools like ChatGPT go down, it’s not unusual to see software developers step away from their desks, take an unplanned break, or lean back in their chairs in frustration.…
Revealed: US grants first ABS licence to overseas law firm – Legal Futures
Shine Lawyers, the Australian-listed personal injury and class action law firm, has become what is thought to be the first foreign firm to obtain an ABS licence in the USA.…
Assistant solicitor fined for costly undertaking failures – Legal Futures
An assistant solicitor whose failure to comply with an undertaking in a property transaction cost his firm’s insurer £440,000 has been fined £5,500. The post Assistant solicitor fined for costly…
Gender disparity in publicly funded advocacy – only CPS making progress – Legal Futures
Efforts by the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure it allocates work more equitably between the sexes are slowly bearing fruit, a new analysis has shown. The post Gender disparity in…
Ban for legal executive who fabricated admissions and pleadings – Legal Futures
A chartered legal executive who fabricated court pleadings, expert reports and letters from third parties has been disqualified from working for solicitors’ firms. The post Ban for legal executive who…
How is your firm’s ‘written continuing competence policy’? – Legal Futures
The findings in the SRA’s recent thematic review of probate services were quite alarming to the regulator when it came to continued competence. The post How is your firm’s ‘written…
Microsoft Credits EncryptHub, Hacker Behind 618+ Breaches, for Disclosing Windows Flaws – The Hacker News
A likely lone wolf actor behind the EncryptHub persona was acknowledged by Microsoft for discovering and reporting two security flaws in Windows last month, painting a picture of a “conflicted”…
North Korean Hackers Deploy BeaverTail Malware via 11 Malicious npm Packages – The Hacker News
The North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign are spreading their tentacles on the npm ecosystem by publishing more malicious packages that deliver the BeaverTail malware, as…
Malicious Python Packages on PyPI Downloaded 39,000+ Times, Steal Sensitive Data – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious libraries in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to steal sensitive information. Two of the packages, bitcoinlibdbfix and bitcoinlib-dev, masquerade as fixes…
Gmail Is Not a Secure Way to Send Sensitive Comms: A Friendly Reminder – Dark Reading
New end-to-end Gmail encryption alone isn’t secure enough for an enterprise’s most sensitive and prized data, experts say. – Read More
RSAC Unveils Keynote Speaker Slate for RSAC (TM) 2025 Conference – Dark Reading
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CISA Warns: Old DNS Trick ‘Fast Flux’ Is Still Thriving – Dark Reading
An old DNS switcheroo technique is still helping attackers keep their infrastructure alive. But is it really a pressing issue in 2025? – Read More
Cyber agencies urge organizations to collaborate to stop fast flux DNS attacks – CSO Online
IT leaders in governments, critical infrastructure providers, and businesses must work closely with their ISPs and cybersecurity providers to block a tactic increasingly being used by threat actors to hide…