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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

556 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Stealthy Malware Leverages MQTT Protocol in Spam Campaigns

Researchers observed thousands of spam emails delivering the WailingCrab malware that were sent to targets in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Spam, Malware

CISA Warns of Widespread Exploitation of Citrix Bleed Flaw

Citrix is urging impacted customers to update, but also recommends that they remove any active or persistent sessions and look for patterns of suspicious session use.

Citrix, Citrix Netscaler

Morgan Stanley Fined $6.5M, Must Take Security Measures

The fine stems from two previously known Morgan Stanley data security incidents.

Morgan Stanley, Bank Security

Memory Safe: Merritt Baer

Merritt Baer, field CISO at Lacework and former member of the AWS office of the CISO, joins Lindsey O'Donnel-Welch in this week's Memory Safe episode to discuss her career arc, finding a true seat at the table as a security executive, and security as a business enabler.

Podcast, Ciso

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 11/9

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

Source Code