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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

Threat Actors Target Apache ActiveMQ Flaw

Apache disclosed this flaw and released patches for it on Oct. 25, and proof-of-concept exploit code is also available for the bug.

Apache

Atlassian CISO Warns of Critical Confluence Flaw

Further details for the vulnerability were not specified, but the bug is rated 9.1 out of 10 on the CVSS v3 scale, and Atlassian is underscoring its potential impact for customers.

Vulnerability

White House AI Executive Order Puts Focus on Cybersecurity

Federal agencies are being ordered to take a closer look at how AI could potentially impact areas like vulnerability discovery capabilities or critical infrastructure cyberattacks.

AI

F5 Patches Remote Code Execution Bug in BIG-IP

The critical-severity, unauthenticated remote code execution flaw exists in several versions of the F5 BIG-IP security appliances.

F5

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 10/27

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

Source Code, Podcast