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
Ransomware Actors Leaning on DNS Tunneling
Ransomware groups are using DNS tunneling more and more as a way to exfiltrate data and send commands to infected machines.
Hydra Market Takedown Has Had Lasting Effects
The takedown of the infamous Hydra market has had lasting effects on the cybercrime underground and cryptocurrency laundering ecosystem.
Russian Government, Cybercriminal Cooperation a ‘Force Multiplier’
The Russian government's tolerance and sometime cooperation with the cybercriime groups in the country makes the threat from both factions even more serious, US officials say.
Zero Day in Atlassian Confluence Under Attack
A newly disclosed zero day in some versions of Atlassian Confluence and Data Center is under attack and being used to install webshells on target servers.
CISA Warns of Karakurt Extortion Group
The Karakurt data extortion group is stealing sensitive information from enterprises and holding it for ransom, CISA warns.