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
Decipher Podcast: Chris Wysopal Returns
Chris Wysopal, CTO and founder of Veracode, joins Dennis Fisher to dive into the new White House National Cybersecurity Strategy and discuss what's missing, how practical the pillars are, and when these ideas may be implemented.
YoroTrooper Group Targets European, CIS Countries in Cyberespionage Campaigns
The newly identified YoroTrooper group is targeting embassies and government agencies in European and Commonwealth of Independent States countries in phishing campaigns.
Decipher Podcast: Courtney Nash Returns
Courtney Nash joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the 2022 VOID Report on incidents, why mean time to resolve is no longer a meaningful metric, whether the duration of an incident matters, and how organizations can get better at responding to an analyzing incidents.
GitHub Begins Mandatory 2FA Rollout for Developers
Starting March 13, developers on GitHub will be required to enable some form of two-factor authentication for their accounts.
Apache Patches Two Important Bugs in Web Server
The Apache Software Foundation has fixed two important security flaws in version 2.4.56 of its HTTP Server.