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
Operation Endgame Targets Trickbot, IcedID, Other Botnets in Huge Disruption
Europol and other agencies disrupted several major malware families, including IcedID, Bymblebess, Trickbot, and Smokeloader in an action dubbed Operation Endgame.
U.S. Sanctions Three Chinese Nationals for Alleged Connection to 911 S5 Botnet
The Office of Foreign Asset Control has sanctioned three Chinese citizens for their alleged operation of the 911 S5 botnet.
Decipher Podcast: Sarah Powazek
Sarah Powazek, the Program Director of Public Interest Cybersecurity at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about her work in setting up Cybersecurity Clinics at high education institutions around the country to help bring knowledge and skills to underserved organizations.
Google Fixes Another Chrome Zero Day
Google has patched yet another Chrome zero day, this one a type confusion flaw in V8 (CVE-2024-5274).
Decipher Podcast: Caitlin Condon on the Attack Intelligence Report
Caitlin Condon of Rapid7 joins Dennis Fisher to dive into the juicy tidbits from the Rapid7 Attack iNtelligence Report, including the rise in attacks on zero days, ransomware proliferation, and why network edge devices remain a major problem.