This year law enforcement agencies have disrupted some of the biggest botnets that were used as payload distribution platforms by ransomware gangs. But when big players disappear from the cybercriminal…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered severe cryptographic issues in various end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage platforms that could be exploited to leak sensitive data. “The vulnerabilities range in severity: in many…
Charity behind powerlist urges government to mandate class background reporting for big firms The legal profession has once again made a strong impact in the latest social mobility powerlist, with…
21 out of 26 Squire Patton Boggs (SPB) has announced it will raise lawyer salaries in both its City and regional offices. The firm confirmed that London salaries will increase…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Top UK law firms raise hourly rates by 40% in 5 years (£) Former top judge demands help…
The “Code-on-Toast” supply chain cyberattacks by APT37 delivered data-stealing malware to users in South Korea who had enabled Toast pop-up ads. – Read More
The High Court does not have jurisdiction to grant claimants a protective injunction stopping a defendant from harassing their lawyers, a judge has ruled. The post Court “lacks jurisdiction” to…
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s budget is set to soar by a quarter next year in response to a surge in cases referred by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The post Tribunal…
Elections for MPs to join the justice select committee, which oversees the work of the Ministry of Justice, produced seven lawyers out of the nine members. The post Newly elected…
A man convicted of three counts of providing unregulated immigration advice and services has been handed a suspended prison sentence. The post Suspended prison sentence for unregulated immigration adviser appeared…
The European Union adopted a new law setting EU-wide cybersecurity requirements for connected devices to ensure their safety. – Read More
Unknown threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a now-patched security flaw in the open-source Roundcube webmail software as part of a phishing attack designed to steal user credentials.…
In the modern enterprise, data security is often discussed using a complex lexicon of acronyms—DLP, DDR, DSPM, and many others. While these acronyms represent critical frameworks, architectures, and tools for…
A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of…
Microsoft researchers toyed with app permissions to uncover CVE-2024-44133, using it to access sensitive user data. Adware merchants may have as well. – Read More