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Decipher Podcast: Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Decipher's new executive editor, Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about getting into security journalism, the challenges of telling highly technical stories, and how it can help defenders do their jobs more efficiently.

Podcast

Malicious Code Added to PHP Source

An attacker pushed two malicious commits to the PHP source code Git server on Sunday, adding a backdoor, which was quickly removed.

PHP

In Wake of SolarWinds Breach, the Challenge of Building Secure Software Remains

SolarWinds is testing a system of parallel build servers to help prevent a future supply chain attack on its infrastructure.

Solarwinds, Software Security

Deciphering Dark Web: Cicada 3301

Zoe Lindsey, Pete Baker, and Dennis Fisher dive deep into the dark web (or whatever Hollywood thinks it is) to decipher the jumbled plot and wild philosophy of Dark Web: Cicada 3301, which is a movie that definitely exists.

Podcast, Hacker Movies

OpenSSL Fixes Flaw in Certificate Checks

OpenSSL has patched a bug that could have allowed a certificate that was not issued by a valid CA to slip into the certificate chain.

Openssl