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Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

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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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Decipher Podcast: Source Code 3/15

Welcome back to Source Code, Decipher's weekly news wrap podcast with input from our sources.

Source Code

No Easy Fix For Untangling Web of Critical Dependencies

The Change Healthcare ransomware attack shows it's difficult to map out - or even identify - the systems that would have the biggest impact if attacked.

CISA

Microsoft Fixes Critical Windows Hyper-V Flaws

Microsoft has patched critical-severity flaws in Windows Hyper-V as part of its regularly scheduled updates, which contained no zero-day flaws this month.

Microsoft

QNAP Fixes Critical Flaws Impacting NAS Devices

QNAP is warning of three new vulnerabilities in QTS, QuTS hero, QuTScloud and myQNAPcloud.

Vulnerability

The Far-Reaching Impacts of the Change Healthcare Attack

With a ransomware attack still impacting its payment and claims systems across the country, Change Healthcare said on Thursday that it doesn't expect key system functionalities to be restored until mid-March.

Healthcare Data Security