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
If Catching All Attackers Is the Goal, A New Path is Needed
Stairwell, a new startup founded by Google and Chronicle veteran Mike Wiacek, aims to help more organizations stop high-level attackers.
U.S. Sanctions Russian Institute for Triton Malware
The Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions against a Russian research institute for deploying the Triton ICS malware.
Energetic Bear Attackers Targeting US Government Agencies
A Russian threat group known as Energetic Bear has compromised some state and local government agencies in recent weeks.
Decipher Podcast: Kurtis Minder
Kurtis Minder, CEO of GroupSense, joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the delicate process of ransomware negotiations and how enterprises are dealing with infections today.
Google Patches Bug Used in Active Attacks Against Chrome
Google has fixed a flaw in the FreeType library that attackers are attempting to exploit against Chrome users.