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
Software Update Led to Microsoft Azure MFA Outage
A trio of problems caused by a software update in some of Microsoft's data centers led to a service outage for customers of the Microsoft Entra ID MFA service last week.
Windows Now Supports Password-Less Authentication With Security Keys
Microsoft customers now have the option of logging in to Windows, on desktop or mobile devices, with a FIDO2-compliant security key--and no password.
U.S. Says Russia, Other Nations, Are Uncooperative on Cybercrime Investigations
A deputy U.S. attorney general said that Russia and other nations stonewall cybercrime investigations and called for international cooperation.
AWS Adds Feature to Block Public Access to S3 Buckets
Amazon's AWS cloud platform now has a security feature that will block all public access to S3 data storage buckets.
Firefox to Warn Users When They Visit Breached Sites
In the coming weeks, Firefox will begin to warn users when they visit a site that has been part of a data breach.