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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

701 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Emotet Spam Attacks Use Hexadecimal, Octal IP Addresses

The known tactic, which helps attackers sidestep detection, has been observed in spam messages that deploy Emotet.

Emotet, Malware, Spammers

MoonBounce UEFI Malware Uncovered in Targeted Attack

Researchers believe that China-linked threat group APT41 is behind the highly targeted attack.

UEFI, Malware

Biden Memo Orders Cybersecurity Mandates For National Security Systems

A National Security Memorandum signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden addresses various cybersecurity mandates - including MFA and encryption - for national security systems.

Government Agencies, Government Security

Europol Takes Down VPN Service Used by Cybercriminals

A coordinated law enforcement operation seized 15 servers of a VPN provider that was a “popular choice for cybercriminals.”

Vpn, Cybercrime, Ransomware

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 1/14

This week's Source Code podcast by Decipher takes a look behind the scenes at top news with input from our sources.

Podcast, Source Code