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
Severe Bug in Libgcrypt Fixed
Developers have patched a serious heap buffer overflow in Libgcrypt that could be triggered easily when data is decrypted.
Authorities Take Down Emotet Botnet
Police in the US and Europe have disrupted the Emotet botnet, taking over its servers and cutting off communications with infected computers.
Firefox Moves to Cut Off Supercookie Tracking
In Firefox 85, Mozilla is partitioning several caches in the browser in order to prevent trackers from abusing them.
Decipher Podcast: Andy Ellis Returns
Andy Ellis, CSO of Akamai, joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the importance of setting priorities, how to assess your strengths and weaknesses as an organization, and the NFL draft.
Enduring Lessons From Securing the Election
Securing the 2020 election was a years-long process, and former CISA Director Chris Krebs found a number of key lessons for security teams during the effort.