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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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703 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

RedDriver Abuses Windows Driver Policy Loophole

An undocumented malicious driver called RedDriver uses an open-source tool to forge signature timestamps, as a way to bypass Microsoft’s Windows driver signature enforcement policies.

Windows, Microsoft

Former Contractor Charged in California Water Treatment Plant Hack

A California man allegedly gained unauthorized access to a water treatment plant network, “causing a threat to public health and safety,” according to the DoJ.

Critical Infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Security

Apple Releases Fix For Actively Exploited WebKit Bug

The update for the flaw (CVE-2023-37450) is available for iOS 16.5.1, macOS Ventura 13.4.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1.

Apple, Zero Day

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 7/7

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

Source Code, Podcast

CISA Warns of Spike in TrueBot Malware Attacks

CISA warned of an increase in TrueBot malware attacks that exploit a known remote code execution flaw in the Netwrix Auditor application.

Malware