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
A Privacy Tradeoff of the macOS QuickLook Cache
A convenient feature in macOS called QuickLook can leak information about files that users preview, even in encrypted containers.
Ancient Bug Haunts GnuPG-Based Encryption Tools
A bug from the 1990s allows attackers to spoof signatures on some encrypted emails in GnuPG and other tools.
Senators Push to Require Paper Ballots to Secure Elections
A new bill would require the use of paper ballots and audits in all federal elections.
Bug Allows Bypass of Code-Signing Tools on Macs
An issue with the way third-party tools implement Apple's code-signing API can allow malicious files to pass as legitimate ones.
Facebook Open Sources Sonar Debugging Tool
Facebook has open-sourced its internal Sonar debugging platform form Android and iOS apps development.