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
Patches for Three New MOVEit Transfer Bugs Released
Progress Software has released a service pack that addresses three new vulnerabilities in its MOVEit Transfer application.
StackRot Flaw Bug Fixed in Linux Kernel
A new bug in the Linux kernel (CVE-2023-3269) known as StackRot has been fixed in versions 6.1-6.4.
Iranian Charming Kitten Group Evolves Tools and Tactics
The Charming Kitten attack group is using new tools and tactics in recent operations, including a new macOS backdoor called NokNok.
New Variant of Rustbucket macOS Malware Found
A new, previously undetected, version of the Rustbucket macOS malware has been discovered in an intrusion by a known North Korean APT group.
OpenTitan Chips Are on the Horizon
The OpenTitan project, backed by Google, is nearing the release of its first secure root-of-trust chips.