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Legal Bites May 2025: Monthly Legal Updates

June 6, 2025adminuserLegal

Welcome to the Legal Bites Monthly Legal Updates for May 2025! This edition compiles and presents the 50 most significant legal, national, and international developments from May 2025. From landmark Supreme Court judgments and major government schemes to diplomatic milestones, sports achievements, and environmental initiatives, this roundup offers a concise yet comprehensive overview. Whether you’re...

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Case Summary: Krishna Kumar Gupta v. Priti Gupta (2025) | Stridhan Claims Not Maintainable Outside Matrimonial Proceedings

June 6, 2025adminuserLegal

The case arises out of a matrimonial dispute between Krishna Kumar Gupta (Appellant-Husband) and Priti Gupta (Respondent-Wife). The parties were married, but the relationship eventually broke down, resulting in multiple legal proceedings, including claims for maintenance and return of ‘stridhan’ under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Title of Case: Krishna Kumar Gupta v. Priti Gupta...

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Popular Chrome Extensions Leak API Keys, User Data via HTTP and Hardcoded Credentials

June 5, 2025adminuserCyber

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged several popular Google Chrome extensions that have been found to transmit data in HTTP and hard-code secrets in their code, exposing users to privacy and security risks. “Several widely used extensions […] unintentionally transmit sensitive data over simple HTTP,” Yuanjing Guo, a security researcher in the Symantec’s Security Technology and Response

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Researchers Detail Bitter APT’s Evolving Tactics as Its Geographic Scope Expands

June 5, 2025adminuserCyber

The threat actor known as Bitter has been assessed to be a state-backed hacking group that’s tasked with gathering intelligence that aligns with the interests of the Indian government. That’s according to new findings jointly published by Proofpoint and Threatray in an exhaustive two-part analysis. “Their diverse toolset shows consistent coding patterns across malware families,...

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Redefining Cyber Value: Why Business Impact Should Lead the Security Conversation

June 5, 2025adminuserCyber

Security teams face growing demands with more tools, more data, and higher expectations than ever. Boards approve large security budgets, yet still ask the same question: what is the business getting in return? CISOs respond with reports on controls and vulnerability counts – but executives want to understand risk in terms of financial exposure, operational...

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Iran-Linked BladedFeline Hits Iraqi and Kurdish Targets with Whisper and Spearal Malware

June 5, 2025adminuserCyber

An Iran-aligned hacking group has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks targeting Kurdish and Iraqi government officials in early 2024. The activity is tied to a threat group ESET tracks as BladedFeline, which is assessed with medium confidence to be a sub-cluster within OilRig, a known Iranian nation-state cyber actor. It’s said...

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DoJ Seizes 145 Domains Tied to BidenCash Carding Marketplace in Global Takedown

June 5, 2025adminuserCyber

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of cryptocurrency funds and about 145 clearnet and dark web domains associated with an illicit carding marketplace called BidenCash. “The operators of the BidenCash marketplace use the platform to simplify the process of buying and selling stolen credit cards and associated personal information,” the...

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Critical Cisco ISE Auth Bypass Flaw Impacts Cloud Deployments on AWS, Azure, and OCI

June 5, 2025adminuserCyber

Cisco has released security patches to address a critical security flaw impacting the Identity Services Engine (ISE) that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated actors to carry out malicious actions on susceptible systems. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2025-20286, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10.0. It has been described as a static...

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Google Exposes Vishing Group UNC6040 Targeting Salesforce with Fake Data Loader App

June 4, 2025adminuserCyber

Google has disclosed details of a financially motivated threat cluster that it said “specializes” in voice phishing (aka vishing) campaigns designed to breach organizations’ Salesforce instances for large-scale data theft and subsequent extortion. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team is tracking the activity under the moniker UNC6040, which it said exhibits characteristics that align with

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Chaos RAT Malware Targets Windows and Linux via Fake Network Tool Downloads

June 4, 2025adminuserCyber

Threat hunters are calling attention to a new variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called Chaos RAT that has been used in recent attacks targeting Windows and Linux systems. According to findings from Acronis, the malware artifact may have been distributed by tricking victims into downloading a network troubleshooting utility for Linux environments. “Chaos...

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Legal Bites May 2025: Monthly Legal Updates

Case Summary: Krishna Kumar Gupta v. Priti Gupta (2025) | Stridhan Claims Not Maintainable Outside Matrimonial Proceedings

Popular Chrome Extensions Leak API Keys, User Data via HTTP and Hardcoded Credentials

Researchers Detail Bitter APT’s Evolving Tactics as Its Geographic Scope Expands

Redefining Cyber Value: Why Business Impact Should Lead the Security Conversation

Iran-Linked BladedFeline Hits Iraqi and Kurdish Targets with Whisper and Spearal Malware

DoJ Seizes 145 Domains Tied to BidenCash Carding Marketplace in Global Takedown

Critical Cisco ISE Auth Bypass Flaw Impacts Cloud Deployments on AWS, Azure, and OCI

Google Exposes Vishing Group UNC6040 Targeting Salesforce with Fake Data Loader App

Chaos RAT Malware Targets Windows and Linux via Fake Network Tool Downloads

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