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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

703 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Hybrid Workforces Face Unique Phishing Challenges

Phishing attacks have increased across the board over the past year as companies continue to grapple with unique remote and hybrid work environment challenges.

Phishing, Remote Work

IRS Facial Recognition Backlash Highlights Broader Privacy Concerns

Facial recognition technology is coming under fire for privacy concerns around how biometrics data is collected, stored and used.

Facial Recognition, Privacy

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 2/18

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

Podcast, Source Code

Threat Actor Exploits Log4j Flaw in VMware Horizon

Researchers said an Iran-linked threat actor was exploiting the Log4j vulnerability in order to deploy backdoors, harvest credentials and other malicious activities.

Log4j, Vmware

CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Exploited Google, Adobe Flaws

Federal agencies have until March 1 to fix a pair of actively exploited flaws in Google Chrome and Adobe's Commerce and Magento platforms.

CISA, Google, Google Chrome, Zero Day