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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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704 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

PaperCut Flaws Exploited to Deploy Clop, LockBit Ransomware

Microsoft has attributed exploitation attempts of CVE-2023-27350 and CVE-2023-27351 to a Clop ransomware affiliate.

Ransomware, Lockbit, Clop, Microsoft

Google Disrupts Massive CryptBot Malware Operation

A new court order allows Google to take down current and future domains tied to the distribution of the CryptBot infostealer.

Malware

Software Supply Chain Security: ‘An Everybody Problem’

At the RSA Conference this week, government officials and cybersecurity executives mulled over the multiple layers of challenges in securing the software supply chain.

Software Security, Supply Chain Security, RSA Conference

Mirai Botnet Attackers Exploit TP-Link Router Bug

Researchers began to detect exploit attempts in the wild targeting the patched, high-severity flaw in TP-Link routers starting on April 11.

Mirai, Malware, Exploit

Iranian Hackers Blocked After Gaining Access to 2020 Municipal Election Infrastructure

Government officials talked about how agencies have partnered to address election security, the SolarWinds cyberattack and the Hafnium threat group's exploitation of Exchange servers.

Rsac, Solarwinds, Election Security