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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 APT Targets Email Credentials in Espionage Attacks

APT42 is creative in its social engineering efforts and steals credentials and MFA authentication codes in order to compromise targets and conduct espionage.

Apt

CISA, FBI Warn of Vice Society Ransomware Attacks on Schools

The U.S. government security advisory comes the same week that the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest U.S. school district, said it was hit by ransomware.

Ransomware, Vice Society

A Look Inside TA505’s ServHelper Malware Control Panel

The control panels show how TA505 is “highly proactive” in updating its malware and has the ability to run multiple malware campaigns at the same time.

Banking Malware

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 9/2

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

Source Code, Podcast

Microsoft Discloses Previously Fixed Azure Synapse Bug

Microsoft quietly fixed the elevation of privilege flaw in June.

Microsoft, Azure