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
Shade Ransomware Decryption Keys Published
The creators of the Shade ransomware have released the decryption keys for infected systems.
Decipher Podcast: Jeremy Oddo
Jeremy Oddo of Hollywood visualization studio The Third Floor joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the company's security challenges when moving to a fully remote workforce.
Decipher Podcast: David Brumley
David Brumley of Carnegie Mellon University and ForAllSecure joins Dennis Fisher to talk about securing the software supply chain.
Two iOS Zero Days Used in Limited Attacks
Two vulnerabilities affecting the Mail app in iOS have been used in targeted attacks and one of the flaws requires no user interaction for exploitation.
Four Zero Days Found in IBM Data Risk Manager
A security researcher discovered four zero day flaws in IBM's Data Risk Manager product that can lead to remote code execution.