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
New Threat Actor Hits Ukrainian Agencies
A previously unknown APT is targeting Ukrainian government agencies with malware known as PowerMagic and CommonMagic.
Six Flaws Fixed in libcurl 8
Version 8 of libcurl has been released, patching six vulnerabilities, including an authentication bypass.
US, German Authorities Take Down ChipMIxer Platform
U.S. and German law enforcement authorities have seized the assets and infrastructure of the ChipMixer cryptocurrency mixing platform, alleging it launders ransomware payments.
Winter Vivern APT Targeting Ukrainian, European Organizations
A low-profile attack group known as Winter Vivern has recently been targeting government and private organizations in Ukraine, Poland, Italy, and elsewhere.
Microsoft Patches Two Bugs Under Active Attack
In its March Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft has fixed two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-23397) and (CVE-2023-24880) that have been exploited in the wild.