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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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742 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Okta: Stolen Credential Led to Support System Breach

Okta customer BeyondTrust said that it first detected the attack and notified Okta on Oct. 2, though Okta did not confirm an internal breach until Oct. 19.

Okta

More Companies Adopt Board-Level Cybersecurity Committees

The hope is that these types of committees will tighten collaboration between boards and CISOs and lead to more support and resources for organizations’ cybersecurity strategies.

CISO

TeamCity Flaw Exploited By North Korean Nation-State Actors

Microsoft warned that these attacks are “particularly high risk” for impacted organizations.

North Korea, Microsoft

Threat Actors Exploit Citrix Netscaler ADC and Gateway Flaw

The flaw was disclosed last week, but researchers said that exploitation started in late August.

Citrix, Citrix Netscaler

CISA Pushes Organizations to Patch Known Confluence Bug

CISA and the FBI are urging network administrators to apply patches for the Atlassian Confluence bug (CVE-2023-22515) immediately.

Vulnerability