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Decipher Podcast: Amélie Koran

Amélie Koran joins Dennis Fisher to talk about her start in computing with a Commodore 64, her early years in the private sector, and her security and policy work in several federal government agencies.

Podcast

Microsoft Warns of Attacks on Windows MSHTML Zero Day

Attackers are exploiting a new zero day flaw in Windows (CVE-2021-40444) in targeted attacks.

Microsoft

Slow Uptake on Critical Confluence Update

New data shows that enterprises are not updating their Confluence instances to address a critical code execution flaw.

Atlassian, Vulnerabilities

‘Drive It Like You Stole It’: When Bug Bounties Went Boom, Part Three

During Barack Obama's second term, some top administration officials began looking at bounties as a potential way to jump-start the effort to upgrade federal government's security programs. The idea was a radical one, so they decided to start slowly, by hacking the Pentagon.

Bug Bounty

Decipher Podcast: Zoe Lindsey

Dennis Fisher talks with Zoe Lindsey, one of the early Duo Security employees, about her entrance into hacker culture, finding her way in the tech world, and the importance of lifelong learning.

Podcast