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
Privacy, Policy, and the Illusion of Control
Congress seems intent on passing federal data privacy legislation, but simply giving consumers more control won't be enough.
Deciphering Sneakers
Sneakers isn't just one of the best hacker movies of all time, it's a spiritual successor to WarGames and one of the most entertaining movies ever. Full stop.
ICANN Warns of ‘Ongoing and Significant’ Threat to DNS
A series of DNS-hijacking campaigns against government agencies and other organizations has led ICANN to call for full deployment of DNSSEC and other protective measures.
BIND 9 Contains Serious Memory Leak
Some versions of BIND 9 contain a severe memory leak that can exhaust the memory resources on a vulnerable server.
19-Year-Old Bug Haunts WinRAR
A bug that can grant arbitrary code execution has been lurking in the WinRAR compression utility since 2000.