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
Decipher Podcast: Katie Moussouris
Katie Moussouris of Luta Security speaks with Dennis Fisher about the security industry's constant cycle of mistakes and the hidden perils of bug bounty programs.
Microsoft Open Sources SEAL Homomorphic Encryption Library
Microsoft has made its SEAL homomorphic encryption library open source, a part of an effort to help standardize the encryption scheme.
500 Million Affected in Marriott Data Breach
Attackers had access to a portion of the Starwood network for four years, resulting in a data breach at parent company Marriott that affects as many as 500 million people.
Mapping the Spectral Landscape of IPv6 Networks
Two researchers have developed an open source toolset called ipv666 that helps predict IPv6 addresses and find live hosts.
Decipher Podcast: Mikhail Davidov
Dennis Fisher is joined by Mikhail Davidov of Duo Labs to talk about his detailed research on the Apple T2 security chip.