A new tax-themed malware campaign targeting insurance and finance sectors has been observed leveraging GitHub links in phishing email messages as a way to bypass security measures and deliver Remcos RAT, indicating that the method is gaining traction among threat actors. “In this campaign, legitimate repositories such as the open-source tax filing software, UsTaxes, HMRC, … Read more
Brad Barkdoll, October 11, 2024 Staff and affiliates from WeConservePA, the Conemaugh Valley Conservancy, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection hosted a site tour of the Blacklick Creek Water Treatment Facility in Cambria County, just outside of Vintondale. In addition to organizational staff and affiliates, the site visit included attendance from Senator Wayne Langerholc … Read more
With the example of Uber, I illustrate how law shapes and is shaped by the contemporary, dominant economic system and, thereby, co-constitutes its core features, such as, work, market and social hierarchies. Responsible legal research acknowledges this. LPE research concretizes it and analyzes if and how law could be used to co-organize a more emancipatory … Read more
This week’s main blog discussions include … Why are fintechs worth more than banks? I just got the latest Finch Capital report on The State of Fintech 2024. Many of us think that fintech valuations and investments have gone through the floor, and this reports make clear that it depends where you are. The UK … Read more
Lynx ransomware, a newer ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) that emerged around July may have stemmed from the INC Ransom source code that was reportedly sold in May, according to multiple analyses of the Lynx strain. The Lynx gang maintains both clear web and dark web leak sites and has claimed more than 20 victims since it first … Read more
