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
Amazon Fixes Five Flaws in AWS Encryption Client
Amazon has patched five vulnerabilities in its AWS Encryption Client, including a CBC padding oracle flaw.
Decipher Podcast: Robert Hansen
Dennis Fisher is joined by Robert Hansen, CTO of Bit Discovery, to talk about finding forgotten network assets, breaking things, and building a business.
When Going in Reverse Moves You Forward
Reverse engineering to find the root cause of vulnerabilities can be a frustrating task, but even the analyses that go wrong can produce lessons and new skills.
Decipher Podcast: Black Hat 2020
Dennis Fisher is joined by Brian Donohue, Chris Brook, and Mike Mimoso to discuss the experience of watching the Black Hat talks online this year and what progress the industry has made in keeping people secure.
The DoH Continues to Rise
Adoption of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) continues to rise, but so do concerns about network visibility and centralization of DNS services.