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
How Android P Upgrades User and Device Security
Security in Android P is significantly different than in previous versions, as Google has added many new defensive measures.
Facebook Hands Out Research Grants for Defensive Technologies
Facebook has given academic researchers more than $800,000 to pursue proposals for new defensive techniques.
‘Everyone Who Cares About User Security Needs to Collaborate’
As the world's dependence on technology continues to increase, the need for collaboration on defensive projects is becoming more acute, as well.
Decipher Podcast: Black Hat Preview
Decipher editors Dennis Fisher and Fahmida Rashid preview this year's Black Hat USA conference in the first episode of the podcast.
New Tool Enables Detection of Twitter Bots at Scale
Two researchers have developed a model that can detect bot accounts on Twitter at a massive scale and with a high degree of accuracy.