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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

649 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Microsoft Disables Accounts Abused By Russian Threat Actor

Microsoft observed the threat actor, which it tracks as Seaborgium, targeting over 30 organizations since 2022 started.

Microsoft

Zero Day Initiative Changes Disclosure Policy For Faulty Patches

The Zero Day Initiative cited a decrease in patch quality that is leading to many issued fixes being faulty or incomplete.

Zdi, Patch

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 8/12

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

Podcast, Source Code

Long Before Colonial Pipeline, Red Flags Foreshadowed Hack

“There’s a lack of imagination or… anticipation about the next move that hackers will make," warned investigative journalist Kim Zetter during Black Hat this week.

Colonial Pipeline, Black Hat

After Log4j, Efforts to ‘Uplift’ Open Source Ecosystem Continue

At Black Hat USA this week, Cyber Safety Review Board members tasked with looking at key lessons learned from Log4j talked about continued security issues facing the open source community.

Log4j