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
The Bigger the Party, the Bigger the Risks
New data compiled by Cyentia Institute and SecurityScorecard shows that 98 percent of organizations have a direct relationship with a company that has been breached recently.
New Flaw in F5 BIG-IP Emerges
A new vulnerability has emerged in the F5 BIG-IP security appliances that can allow an attacker to crash the device.
Exploit Attempts Against Fortinet VPN Bug Surge
Exploit traffic against the Fortinet VPN CVE-2022-43475 vulnerability have spiked in recent weeks.
VMware Fixes vRealize Log Insight RCE Bugs
Researchers have developed an exploit for a group of vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Log Insight that can lead to remote code execution as root.
GitHub Says Attacker Stole Encrypted Code-Signing Certificates for Desktop and Atom
An attacker exfiltrated three encrypted code-signing certificates from GitHub used to sign versions of Desktop for Mac and Atom.