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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

742 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Memory Safe: Casey Ellis

In the latest Decipher Memory Safe episode, Casey Ellis, founder and CTO of Bugcrowd, talks about everything from imposter syndrome to the security concept of “building it like it’s broken.”

Memory Safe, Video

VMware Fixes Critical Aria Automation Bug

For patching, VMware said that "this situation qualifies as an emergency change."

Vmware

GitLab Patches Critical Account Takeover Flaw

The flaw (CVE-2023-7028) stems from the fact that user account password reset emails can be delivered to unverified email addresses.

Gitlab, Account Takeover

FBot Hacking Tool Targets Cloud, Payment Platforms

A new Python-based hacking tool is leveraged by cybercriminals to target cloud and SaaS platforms, and payment services, like AWS, Office365, PayPal and Twilio.

AWS, Cloud Security

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 1/12

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

Source Code, Podcast