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Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

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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

Decipher Podcast: Source Code 7/8

Welcome back to this week’s Source Code podcast by Decipher, where we go over the top security news of the week with input from our sources.

Podcast, Source Code

New Hive Ransomware Variant Gets Rust Overhaul

Hive is the latest ransomware family to undergo a full code migration to Rust.

Ransomware

Dozens of Malicious Data-Harvesting NPM Packages Found

Researchers have exposed dozens of malicious npm packages that harvest sensitive data from end users of various applications and websites.

Npm Packages

Google Warns of Chrome Zero-Day Bug

Google has fixed a high-severity bug in Chrome for which an exploit exists in the wild.

Google, Google Chrome

Black Basta Ransomware Actors Take Aim at PrintNightmare Flaw

Threat actors deploying the Black Basta ransomware have exploited the Microsoft PrintNightmare bug as part of their attacks.

Ransomware, Microsoft