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 Serious Issue That Could Lead to Memory Disclosure
New versions of OpenSSL fix several vulnerabilities, including one high-severity bug that could lead to memory disclosure.
Ransomware Targets VMware ESXi Flaw
A wave of ransomware attacks is targeting VMware ESXi servers that are vulnerable to CVE-2021-21974.
Linux Variant of Cl0p Ransomware Emerges
A Linux version of the Cl0p ransomware has been identified, but it has a flaw in its encryption routine that allowed researchers to build a decryptor for it.
Atlassian Patches Critical Flaw in Jira
Atlassian has fixed a critical authentication bypass flaw in Jira Service Management.
Decipher Podcast: Michelle Finneran Dennedy
Michelle Finneran Dennedy, co-founder of Privacy Code and co-author of The Privacy Engineer's Manifesto, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about her new startup, her path from studying psychology to becoming the first chief privacy officer at Sun and Cisco, and what everyone gets wrong about privacy.