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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

Clues Point to Ongoing Campaign From Qakbot Threat Actors

Researchers have discovered clues that may indicate that the Qakbot threat actors are still active.

Qakbot

Researchers Track Exploitation of Critical WS_FTP Flaw

Exploitation has been observed in the wild for a critical flaw in the file transfer server from the MOVEit Transfer maker.

Exploit

Time-to-Exploit: What It Means and Why It’s Going Down

The average time that it takes threat actors to exploit vulnerabilities - either prior to or after their public disclosure - is going down.

Zero Day, Exploit

FBI: Ransomware Actors Launching ‘Dual’ Attacks

Threat actors have deployed two different ransomware variants against victims, including AvosLocker, Diamond, Hive, Karakurt, LockBit, Quantum and Roya.

Fbi

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 9/29

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

Source Code, Podcast