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
FBI Warns of Attacks From Iranian Threat Group Emennet Pasargad
The FBI is warning companies about hack-and-leak operations from Iranian threat actor Emennet Pasargad.
Decipher Podcast: Martin Roesch Returns
Martin Roesch, CEO of Netography, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the evolution of network security, protecting hybrid computing environments, and where that Snort pig couch came from.
With Attacks Underway, Fortinet Urges Customers to Patch CVE-2022-40684
Fortinet said many of its customers still have not updated to fix CVE-2022-40684, which has been under active attack for two weeks.
Prestige Ransomware Hits Targets in Ukraine and Poland
A new ransomware called Prestige has hit organizations in Poland and Ukraine using a variety of deployment methods.
Attackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet Authentication Bypass
Mass exploitation of a new Fortinet authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2022-40684) is ongoing and proof of concept exploits are available.