CISA Emergency Directive Orders Mitigations After Microsoft Breach
The U.S. government has made public an emergency directive that it issued last week for federal agencies, ordering them to take
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Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch
Executive EditorLindsey 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.
- lindsey@decipher.sc
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3 Things We Still Don’t Know About the XZ Backdoor
The XZ Utils backdoor was a very subtle operation that took several years to pull off, and while some of the technical details are
CISA Releases Cyber Incident Reporting Rule Draft
CISA has laid out the proposed details of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA).
Decipher Podcast: Source Code 8/12
Welcome back to Source Code, Decipher’s weekly news wrap podcast with input from our sources.
Long Before Colonial Pipeline, Red Flags Foreshadowed Hack
“There’s a lack of imagination or… anticipation about the next move that hackers will make," warned investigative journalist Kim Zetter during Black Hat this week.
After Log4j, Efforts to ‘Uplift’ Open Source Ecosystem Continue
At Black Hat USA this week, Cyber Safety Review Board members tasked with looking at key lessons learned from Log4j talked about continued security issues facing the open source community.
Microsoft Fixes Known, Exploited Flaw in Windows Diagnostic Tool
The flaw was first reported to Microsoft in 2019, but at the time it said it did not consider the issue to be a vulnerability.
How Three Ransomware Groups Targeted One Vulnerable Network
Researchers warn of an uptick in multiple ransomware groups targeting the same vulnerable networks, as seen in a recent attack that involved Hive, LockBit and BlackCat/ALPHV affiliates.