Humans Are Bad at Risk Assessment, and Other Stories
Risk management is not one of humanity's strong points, but we can learn some lessons from our own real life experiences to apply
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Dennis Fisher
Editor in ChiefDennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist who has been covering information security and privacy since 2000.
He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.
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Featured Articles
Software Has Eaten the World But There’s Still Hope
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Google Patches Zero Day in Chrome
Google has fixed a zero day in Chrome 91 that \has been used in active attacks.
Reworked Data Protection Act Hits Senate
The Data Protection Act of 2021 introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would create a new Data Protection Agency.
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Police in Ukraine have arrested six people they allege are involved in operating the Cl0p ransomware.
Microsoft Disrupts Broad Cloud-Based BEC Campaign
Microsoft researchers have disrupted a phishing and business email compromise campaign that used several separate cloud platforms to disguise its operations.
Google Gives Enterprises Control of Workspace Encryption Keys
Google Workspace's new client-side encryption feature allows enterprises to control their own keys.