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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

Iranian Attackers Upgrade Social Engineering Tactics

Iranian threat actor TA453 has been sending spear-phishing emails that impersonate real individuals from Western foreign policy research institutions.

Iran

Expect ‘Fluidity’ From Threat Actors Ahead of the Midterm Elections

While awareness about election security has increased since 2016, threat actors launching espionage and disinformation campaigns are also leveling up, warn security experts.

Election Security, Elections

U.S. Seizes $30 Million in Cryptocurrency from North Korean Hackers

Chainalysis said it worked with law enforcement to recover $30 million in stolen funds from the March Axie Infinity currency heist.

Cryptocurrency

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 9/9

Welcome back to Source Code, Decipher's weekly security news podcast.

Podcast, Source Code

Lazarus Group Exploited Log4j Flaw to Target Energy Firms

The North Korean state-sponsored group has been targeting VMware Horizon servers vulnerable to Log4j in order to infect energy firms with malware.

Lazarus