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
Decipher Podcast: Wade Baker and Ben Edwards
Wade Baker and Ben Edwards of the Cyentia Institute join Dennis Fisher to discuss the process of designing and interpreting the data from the Cisco Security Outcomes study, what surprised them from the data, and how organizations can use the study.
Google Disrupts Massive Glupteba Botnet
Google has taken down servers associated with the huge Glupteba botnet and also sued two alleged operators of the network.
New Guidance Pushes Federal Agencies Toward Automated Incident Reporting
New guidance from the White House requires CISA to develop policies for federal agencies to move toward automated security incident reporting.
APT Groups Exploiting Critical Flaw in ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
CISA and the FBI are warning that APT groups are exploiting a critical flaw (CVE-2021-44077) in the ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus tool.
Mozilla Fixes Critical Flaw in NSS Crypto Library
Mozilla has fixed a critical buffer overflow in its NSS cryptographic library that had been lurking in the code for several years.