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
OpenSSL Fixes Flaw in Certificate Checks
OpenSSL has patched a bug that could have allowed a certificate that was not issued by a valid CA to slip into the certificate chain.
Q&A: Andrew Morris
Removing the background noise from the Internet can give security analysts the context necessary to find the attacks that matter, says GreyNoise founder Andrew Morris.
ProxyLogon Bug Still Haunting Thousands of Exchange Servers
There are still nearly 30,000 Exchange servers vulnerable to the ProxyLogon bug, with ransomware attacks and public exploits circulating.
Exploits Target F5 BIG-IP Flaw
Full chain exploits are in use against a critical flaw (CVE-2021-22986) in the F5 BIG-IP system.
Requiring a VDP for Suppliers Won’t Fix Supply Chain Security
Extending the requirement for vulnerability disclosure policies from federal agencies to their suppliers is not a quick fix for supply chain security issues.