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  • Ransomware: Lessons for Conveyancers

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    Simon Seaton
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    The recent cyber attack on the NHS is a stark warning to a conveyancing industry targeted and vulnerable to cyber crime. Imagine the scenario..It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday. You are about to finish a report on title due the next day when a message pops up on your laptop. It informs you that a…

  • Finally…good news for conveyancing lawyers

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    Simon Seaton
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    I can understand why a conveyancing lawyer might have a persecution complex. During the last twenty years the industry has been subjected to ever more risks at a time when fees are being driven down. As if to add salt into the wound, it is often to lawyers who are the first port of all…

  • Phish on Fridays

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    Simon Seaton
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    ‘Friday afternoon scams’ continue to be on the increase and cybercrime is set to be one of the hot areas of risk for conveyancing firms in 2016. Such scams may involve cyber crime fraudsters hacking into a law firm’s systems.This could apparently be done by the simple expediency of sending an seemingly trustworthy email with…