Humans Are Bad at Risk Assessment, and Other Stories
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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
Apple Patches WebKit Zero Day, Adds Stolen Device Protection in iOS
Apple has fixed a actively exploited WebKit bug (CVE-2024-23222) in iOS and macOS. and added a new security feature called Stolen Device Protection.
Russian COLDRIVER Group Uses New Backdoor to Target Governments
The Russian APT known as COLDRIVER is using a new backdoor called SPICA in phishing campaigns against NGOs and governments.
Mint Sandstorm APT Targets Universities, Researchers
A new phishing campaign by a subset of the Iranian threat group Mint Sandstorm is targeting universities and research organizations with custom backdoors.
APT Group Targets Ivanti Flaws
An unidentified APT group is actively exploiting the two recently disclosed Ivanti Pulse Secure and Connect Secure vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887).
Attackers Focus on Apache OFBiz Bug
Threat actors are targeting a critical flaw in the Apache OFBiz platform that was disclosed in late December.