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
Attacks on Exchange Servers Spread
Attacks on the Exchange server flaws disclosed last week are being exploited by multiple threat actors and targeting a wide range of companies.
‘The Whole World is Built on Software’
MiIke Hanley, the new GitHub CSO, sees myriad opportunities to have a positive influence on software security.
Exchange Attacks Hitting Broad Range of Organizations
Attackers are using the four Microsoft Exchange zero days to target organizations from SMBs to government agencies and banks.
Hafnium Attack Group Exploiting Four Exchange Zero Days
A Chinese attack group called Hafnium has exploited for zero days in Microsoft Exchange to steal data from inboxes and take control of compromised servers.
ObliqueRAT Delivered Via Rigged Image Files
The ObliqueRAT malware is now being delivered through malicious image files hosted on compromised websites.