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
As software systems have become ever more complex, the opportunity for security researchers to show their value has grown, as
Digging Into FIN7’s Latest Tools and Tactics
FIN7 is a highly active and capable cybercrime group also known as Carbanak that has been evolving and using its own tools such as
The Hacker Movie Awards
It's Oscars season, so to celebrate the good, the bad, and the terrible in hacker movies, Zoe Lindsey, Pete Baker, and Dennis Fisher convene to hand out some fake awards for fake hacking.
Chinese Attackers Target Pulse Secure Flaw in Government and Enterprise Networks
A new China-aligned threat group known as UNC2630 is using a zero day in Pulse Connect Secure VPN to breach government agencies and enterprises.
More Malware Targets M1-Based Macs
A recent variant of the XCSSET malware has the capability to infect ARM M1-based Macs in addition to x86-based machines.
Popular Codecov Bash Uploader Tool Compromised
The Codecov Bash Uploader tool, used widely in ,any development environments, was compromised in January, potentially causing serious downstream problems.
U.S. Sanctions Russia in Wake of Recent Cyber Attacks
The U.S. has imposed new economic sanctions against the Russian government and several IT security companies in the wake of the SolarWinds intrusion and other attacks.