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
Resilience Seen as a Key to Critical Infrastructure Security
Attackers are focusing their attention on critical infrastructure operators, and building resilience into those networks is a key to defending them, experts say.
GitHub Launches Private Vulnerability Reporting
GitHub has launched a new feature that enables researchers to privately report vulnerabilities to repository maintainers.
Lenovo Patches BIOS Flaws That Lead to Secure Boot Modification
Lenovo has patched three vulnerabilities in the BIOS in many of its laptops that could allow an attacker to modify the secure boot process.
Apple Fixes Code Execution Flaw in Xcode
Apple has fixed four flaws in its Xcode IDE, including a remote code execution flaw in Git (CVE-2022-39260).
New Analysis Ties Black Basta Ransomware to FIN7 Tools
Researchers at SentinelLabs have identified several links between the Black Basta ransomware actors and the FIN7 cybercrime group.