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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

720 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

European Council Sanctions Individuals Tied to Conti, Trickbot

The European Council has sanctioned six individuals allegedly tied to the Wizard Spider, Armageddon and Callisto threat groups.

EU

Decipher Podcast: Metin Kortak

Metin Kortak, CISO with Rhymetec, talks about how organizations are approaching data privacy and security compliance, and thinking about risk management policies, when it comes to generative AI in the workplace.

AI, Podcast

Espionage Threat Actor Hits Multiple Government Entities

Cisco Talos researchers have linked known Gh0stRAT campaigns targeting public and private sector entities to a Chinese-speaking threat actor called SneakyChef.

Cyberattack

UNC3886 Leverages Zero Days, Novel Backdoor Variants

A new deep-dive investigation into the known UNC3886 gives insight into how the China-linked threat actor “operates in a sophisticated, cautious, and evasive nature.”

Zero Day

VMware Warns of Critical vCenter Server Flaws

Two critical vulnerabilities in VMware's vCenter Server centralized management utility could allow remote code execution.

Vmware