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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

738 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Citrix Warns of Critical NetScaler Console Flaw

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Citrix are urging users and administrators to apply updates for the flaw.

Citrix

US, Australian Governments: APT40 Poses Ongoing Threat

APT40 has jumped on these flaws days or even hours within public release, warned a new advisory by CISA, the Australian government and others.

Apt40

How to Unearth Ransomware, Infostealer Trends From Malicious Domain Data

Ben Nahorney, threat intelligence analyst with Cisco, talks about how his team digs into malicious DNS activity to unearth new insights about how threat actors are using infostealers, ransomware and trojans.

Video

New Eldorado Ransomware Hits Windows, Linux Systems

Researchers have discovered the Eldorado group, which they said has developed and deployed a “highly effective” ransomware builder used to target both Windows and Linux systems.

Ransomware

TeamViewer Ties Cyberattack to Russian APT29 Group

After disclosing a security incident on Thursday, remote access software company TeamViewer on Friday said that the attack was “tied to credentials of a standard employee account” within its Corporate IT environment.

Credentials