UK Cyber Security Agency to Law Firms: You Are Hacking Targets

UK law firms are attractive targets for cyber criminals because of the large sums of money and highly sensitive information they handle, according to the National Cyber Security Centre.

Firms are also vulnerable in more novel ways due to remote or hybrid workplace setups stemming from COVID-19 lockdowns, the agency said in updated guidance published last week. Remote employees are more likely to connect to unsecured, noncorporate routers. Cyber threat tactics have also become more sophisticated, the report said.

The organization is “increasingly seeing ‘hackers-for-hire’ who earn money through commissions to carry out malicious cyber activities for third party clients, ...