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Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Executive Editor

Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch is an award-winning journalist who strives to shed light on how security issues impact not only businesses and defenders on the front line, but also the daily lives of consumers.

In her previous position at Threatpost, Lindsey covered all aspects of the cybersecurity industry - from data privacy regulatory efforts to the evolution of underground cybercriminal marketplaces. Prior to that, Lindsey specialized in writing about microprocessors, enterprise business technology and the Internet of Things at CRN. In Lindsey’s spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and traveling.

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Featured Articles

693 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

TeamViewer Ties Cyberattack to Russian APT29 Group

After disclosing a security incident on Thursday, remote access software company TeamViewer on Friday said that the attack was “tied to credentials of a standard employee account” within its Corporate IT environment.

Credentials

Exploit Code Released For Fortra SQL Injection Bug

Fortra disclosed a critical-severity SQL injection flaw in FileCatalyst Workflow, and researchers have also published a proof-of-concept exploit code for the bug.

Proof of Concept, Flaw

Critical MOVEit Authentication Bypass Flaws Fixed

The flaws include a critical-severity MOVEit Transfer authentication bypass bug (CVE-2024-5806).

Flaw

Cisco Talos: How Threat Actors Target MFA

According to the latest Cisco Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends report, instances related to MFA were involved in some capacity in half of all security incidents that the Talos team responded to in the first quarter of 2024.

Video, Identity

European Council Sanctions Individuals Tied to Conti, Trickbot

The European Council has sanctioned six individuals allegedly tied to the Wizard Spider, Armageddon and Callisto threat groups.

EU