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
Attacker Accessed Florida Town’s Water Treatment System
An intruder gained access to a system that controls the water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Fla., and tried to add excessive amounts of sodium hydroxide to it.
Microsoft Investigating Reported IE Zero Day
Microsoft is looking into a report of a zero day in Internet Explorer that a group of Korean researchers say used to target them.
SolarWinds Patches Two New Flaws in Orion
SolarWinds has fixed two newly discovered bug in Orion, one of which can lead to remote code execution.
Making 0-Day Hard is Still Hard
The difficulty of detecting zero days in the wild and incomplete patches for the ones that are found is making life easier for attackers.
Political Campaigns Face Tough Security Challenges
The short lifespans and limited budgets of political campaigns adds to the security challenges they face as advanced adversaries target them.