Humans Are Bad at Risk Assessment, and Other Stories
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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
Attackers Use CrowdStrike Incident as a Lure as Recovery Efforts Continue
The CrowdStrike Falcon update issue has become an attractive lure for cybercrime groups as affected organizations continue work to recover from the outage.
CrowdStrike Windows Update Linked to Global Outages
An issue with an update for CrowdStrike's Falcon sensor software has caused Windows machines to fail and is linked to Microsoft Azure outages around the world.
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 AvNeutralizer for many years. SentinelOne researchers Antonio Cocomazzi helps us dig into the group's tactics and tools.
Decipher Podcast: George Barnes
Former NSA Deputy Director George Barnes joins Dennis Fisher to talk about his 35-year career at the agency, how he came to be intrigued by the cybersecurity world, the emergence of Cyber Command as a force inside the government, and what he sees as the priorities for defenders now.
New Version of BeaverTail macOS Malware Identified
A new, native macOS version of the BeaverTail malware used by North Korean state-sponsored attackers has veen identified by researchers.