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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

Microsoft: Nation-State Actors Zero in on Critical Infrastructure, Unpatched Flaws

Nation-state actors are targeting critical infrastructure, the IT supply chain and unpatched flaws in an effort to advance evolving strategic political objectives and to reach a wider set of targets.

Nation State, Microsoft

UK-Based Threat Actors Impersonate Global Law Firms in BEC Attacks

Researchers have uncovered a new business email compromise group impersonating well-known law firms and attorneys to trick targets into paying fake invoices.

BEC, Business Email Compromise

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 11/4

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

Podcast, Source Code

Threat Actors Pivot to Credential Theft in Government Mobile Phishing Attacks

A new Lookout report highlights a tangle of government mobile device security challenges, including the use of outdated or unmanaged devices, and a rise in phishing attacks targeting credentials.

Mobile Security, Phishing

Decipher Podcast: Dave Lewis

Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO at Cisco, talks about the top takeaways of the 2022 Duo Trusted Access Report and the driving factors behind increased adoption of WebAuthn, MFA and biometrics.

Podcast