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Fahmida Y. Rashid

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Fahmida brings over a decade of IT security news reporting along with ten years of network administration and software development to Decipher. Every security story has a human face, and her goal is to bring those stories to light. As the senior managing editor of Decipher, she will focus on ways security can impact how people live, work, and play. She enjoys working on stories that speak to those outside the security industry, highlighting the intersection of security and other technology areas. Over the years, she has seen enough to make her overzealous about her personal threat-model, but she doesn’t hold it against anyone for having a more relaxed worldview.

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352 articles by Fahmida Y. Rashid

Windows 10 Moves Closer to a Password-less World

No matter what the security zealots say, the password will never fully die. The latest version of Windows 10 is getting closer to the passwordless ideal.

Passwords, Microsoft, Windows, 2 Factor Authentication

GoldBrute Botnet Is Brute-Forcing Windows RDP

A new botnet is scanning the internet and brute-forcing Remote Desktop Protocol connections to compile a list of vulnerable hosts, usernames, and passwords.

Remote Access, RDP, Botnet

NSA Joins Chorus Urging Speedy Patching for BlueKeep

The United States NSA urging enterprises and individuals to install the update addressing the BlueKeep vulnerability on Windows systems as soon as possible.

Patch, Microsoft, Vulnerability

New York Considers Its Own GDPR-Style Data Law

New York’s lawmakers are on the brink of passing a data security law that will give New Yorkers more information about how their data is being used and when it has been compromised.

Government, Data Breach Notification

GitHub Brings Automated Fixes With Dependabot

GitHub rolled out several new features designed to help developers write secure code at its recent GitHub Satellite conference last week in Berlin.

Software Security, Appsec, Microsoft