Humans Are Bad at Risk Assessment, and Other Stories
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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
FISMA Update Could Boost CISA’s Authority
Potential new legislation to update FISMA could codify CISA's role and grant it additional authority.
U.S. Warns of Continued Threat from Conti Ransomware
A joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, and NSA warns that the Conti ransomware operation is still a threat to enterprises, despite some takedowns of its infrastructure.
VMware Fixes Critical Flaw in vCenter Server
VMware has released a fix for a critical file-upload vulnerability, along with nearly 20 other bugs in vCenter Server.
Azure OMIGOD Flaw Under Attack
The Azure OMI vulnerability (CVE-2021-38647) is under attack by several threat actors, including the Mirai botnet operators.
New Turla Backdoor Identified
Cisco Talos researchers have identified a new backdoor being deployed by the Turla APT against targets in multiple countries.