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
TA505 Seen Using P2P RAT in New Operations
The TA505 threat group known for using the Clop ransomware and Dridex trojan is now using a new P2P RAT.
VirusTotal Adds Collections Feature for Better Collaboration and Context
VirusTotal has added a Collections feature to enable better real-time sharing of IOCs and context around malicious files and URLs.
Apple Sues NSO Group
Apple has sued NSO Group for allegedly abusing the company's iCloud servers and injuring its customers.
Imunify360 Flaw Can Lead to Code Execution
CloudLinux's Imunify360 security platform has a severe flaw (CVE-2021-21956) that can lead to remote code execution in some circumstances.
Attackers Using Suite of Tools to Exploit ManageEngine Flaw
An APT group is using a suite of tools, including KdcSponge, Godzilla, and NGLite, to exploit a known ManageEngine flaw and move laterally.