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
US Exposes New North Korean Malware Tools
The U.S. government has published details of three new malware tools it says are in use by North Korean state-sponsored attackers.
Thunderspy Attack Underscores Existing Thunderbolt Security Issues
The new Thunderspy attack highlights a handful of shortcomings in the security model of the Thunderbolt chip used in many PCs.
Cisco Fixes Kerberos Authentication Bypass Bug in ASA Software
Cisco has patched a dangerous flaw in its Adaptive Security Appliance Software that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication when Kerberos is enabled.
Thousands of SaltStack Servers Patched, But Many Still Vulnerable
The number of servers vulnerable to the CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack flaw has dropped considerably, but several thousand are still unpatched.
GoDaddy Reports Breach of Customer Hosting Accounts
An attacker was able to access an undisclosed number of GoDaddy customers' hosting accounts using SSH connections.