The amount of money spent by the Solicitors Regulation Authority on investigations and enforcement has spiralled by 61% over six years, new figures have shown. The post Cost of SRA…
An in-house lawyer who said he lied on a number of CVs to create “a persona that he thought was required for a role in private practice” has been struck…
A law firm run by an ex-Law Society president has been fined £68,000 for anti-money laundering failures, including allowing $23m to pass through its client account with no underlying legal…
Private equity-backed HF has acquired most of the assets of the alternative business structure owned by global insurance services firm Crawford & Company. The post PE-backed law firm takes over…
A malware-free phishing campaign targets corporate inboxes and asks employees to view “request orders,” ultimately leading to Dropbox credential theft. – Read More
Microsoft has announced that the phase-out of NT LAN Manager (NTLM) is now transitioning to disabling the protocol by default, in an effort to increase security in Windows 11 and…
Iowa police arrested two penetration testers in 2019 for doing their jobs, highlighting the risk to security professionals in red teaming exercises. – Read More
State-sponsored threat actors compromised the popular code editor’s hosting provider to redirect targeted users to malicious downloads. – Read More
A security audit of 2,857 skills on ClawHub has found 341 malicious skills across multiple campaigns, according to new findings from Koi Security, exposing users to new supply chain risks.…
Ross Macgregor defends new business venture A former City lawyer has left the cut and thrust of corporate law to market interview coaching to students at £300 per session. The…
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in OpenClaw (formerly referred to as Clawdbot and Moltbot) that could allow remote code execution (RCE) through a crafted malicious link. The issue,…
CSPM tools are big business. Could they be the answer to your cloud configuration problems? – Read More
A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even swatting…
Following its attacks on Salesforce instances last year, members of the cybercrime group have broadened their targeting and gotten more aggressive with extortion tactics. – Read More
Microsoft has announced a three-phase approach to phase out New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) as part of its efforts to shift Windows environments toward stronger, Kerberos-based options. The development comes…