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 Painful Calculus of Ransomware Payments
Ransomware gangs have added data theft to their tactics, bringing another variable into the pay or don't pay equation.
New Signed Version of Old Bandook Malware Emerges
New variants of the Bandook malware that are digitally signed have been used in a recent wave of attacks on organizations in many industries.
VMware Warns of Critical Zero Day in Workspace One
A critical command injection vulnerability (CVE-2020-4006) with no fix available has been discovered in VMware Workspace One.
Europol Arrests Two for Running Malware Crypter Services
European law enforcement officials have arrested two suspects for allegedly running a pair of crypter services that help malware slip past security software.
FBI Guidance Evolves on Ransomware Payments
The FBI has always advised victims not to pay ransomware groups, but its thinking has evolved as attacks have proliferated and worsened.