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
Krebs: ‘We’ve Over-Fetishized the APT Threat’
Former CISA director Chris Krebs said at Black Hat that the community may have focused too much on APT groups in recent years.
Exploit Available for Critical VMware Bug CVE-2022-31656
A researchers has released a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-31656, a critical authentication bypass in VMware ONE Access.
Twilio Customer, Employee Accounts Compromised In Text Phishing Attack
Attackers compromised some customer and employee accounts at Twilio through a text-based phishing campaign.
Slack Reset Some Users’ Passwords Due to Bug in Invite Links
Slack has automatically reset the passwords of a small number of users after discovering a bug in invitation links that sent hashed passwords to other users.
F5 Patches Serious Flaws in BIG-IP
F5 has patched more than 20 vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, including one that an attacker could use to take complete control of a target appliance.