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
International Task Force Disrupts European Ransomware Operation
A task force of European and U.S. agencies arrested 12 suspects in Switzerland and Ukraine as part of an action against a ransomware operation.
Apple Fixes Slew of Bugs in iOS, macOS
Apple has fixed more than 20 vulnerabilities in iOS 15.1 and macOS Monterey 12.01.
Nation-State Attackers Sharpen Focus on Governments, NGOs
New data from Microsoft shows that Nobelium, Thallium, and other nation-state attack groups are increasingly focusing on government agencies and NGOs.
Decipher Podcast: Courtney Nash
Courtney Nash of Verica joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the new Verica Open Incident Database, which centralizes reports of software outages, security incidents, and near misses, and why studying the way systems fail is so valuable.
Researcher Discovers Private Keys to Decrypt Rogue Cobalt Strike Beacon Communications
Didier Stevens has discovered several shared keypairs used by rogue Cobalt Strike implementations used by malicious actors.