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1,205 Breaches. A Record Year. And Your Sector Is a Fixture in the Top Five.

The privacy regulator just published the worst annual breach numbers since mandatory reporting began - and legal services made the most-affected list again. This fortnight: a record year the OAIC...
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‘Months, Not Years’: The Five Eyes AI Warning No Law Firm Should Scroll Past.

Your next phishing email won't have a single typo - because a machine wrote it. This fortnight: an unprecedented Five Eyes warning that AI-powered attacks are close, a professional-services firm...
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68 days. That’s how long attackers are hiding in Australian networks before anyone notices.

Your device management tool just became a weapon. This fortnight: Iran-linked hackers wipe 200,000 devices using Microsoft's own admin tools, an Australian healthcare software vendor hit by ransomware this week,...
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AML Tranche 2 and Cybersecurity: Same Problem, Different Regulator

  Australian law firms are spending serious time and money preparing for AML Tranche 2. And they should be. The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2024 brings legal...
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First 24 Hours Post-Breach: Key to Your Firm’s Next Year

Your Firm's First 24 Hours After a Breach Will Define the Next 12 Months In every incident I've worked, from compromised email accounts at mid-tier firms to full-scale ransomware events...
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Fractional Security Leadership: The vCISO Model for Law Firms

The security questionnaire from your largest client just landed. It's 200 questions. Your IT provider can answer maybe 40 of them. The rest require someone who understands your firm's risk...
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Penetration Testing for Law Firms: What to Expect and Why It Matters

"We got into your trust account in 2 hours." The managing partner's face shifted through several expressions - disbelief, concern, and finally something like relief that this was a test...
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Cybersecurity news from around the world

Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager

Ransomware gangs are changing who they target. The most valuable account may no longer belong to the CEO or a domain administrator - it may belong to the manager who...
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The Shift: A New Era of AI Regulation

Explore how recent US export controls on frontier AI models like Anthropic's Fable signal a new era of regulatory uncertainty. Learn how security leaders can build resilient AI strategies by...
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NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage

Telstra skipped a patch, didn't record changes, had no idea it was an accident waiting to happen What Happened During planned maintenance, a Telstra NTP server restarted with its clock...
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Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices

Google has significantly degraded NetNut, one of the biggest networks that turns home devices into rented relays for other people's traffic. Working with the FBI, Lumen, and others, Google's Threat...
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What the Numbers Say About FIFA 2026 Cyber Risk

The FIFA World Cup 2026 opened on June 11. By that date, according to Check Point Research, the fraud infrastructure targeting it had already been built, staged, and partially deployed....
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Spring cleaning your browser

There's something so satisfying about a good spring cleaning: the kind where you open the windows, clear the clutter, and finally deal with the things you've been ignoring all winter...
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Apple Issues Security Updates After Two WebKit Flaws Found Exploited in the Wild

Apple on Friday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two security flaws that it said have been exploited in...
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Securing GenAI in the Browser: Policy, Isolation, and Data Controls That Actually Work

The browser has become the main interface to GenAI for most enterprises: from web-based LLMs and copilots, to GenAI‑powered extensions and agentic browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. Employees are leveraging the...
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The Legal Cyber Brief — monthly cyber intelligence for law firm leaders.

The Legal Cyber Brief
Monthly cyber intelligence for law firm leaders.