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Christopher Budd

Christopher has worked in security for 20 years and technology for 25 years. From 2001 until 2010 he was part of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) where he helped build the Patch Tuesday process and the security and privacy incident response processes still in use today. In the MSRC, he was the global communications lead for the security and privacy response processes for several years where he pioneered new, award winning response communications strategies for some of Microsoft’s most serious incidents including the Conficker incident of 2008 – 2009. Since Microsoft he has worked at several security and technology companies such as F5, Trend Micro, Palo Alto Networks, and Proofpoint to build and lead communications programs around threat research, thought leadership and incident response. Christopher is a widely published author, a contributing writer for Geekwire and contributor to Britannica online. His notable publications include “Security and Privacy for the Internet of Things: Getting Ready for The Internet’s Third Wave” in the European Financial Review and “Microsoft unleashes ‘Death Star’ on SolarWinds hackers in extraordinary response to breach” in Geekwire. He has done numerous interviews for print, radio, and television including Fox Business News and been a regular guest on the Arlene Bynon Show, KIRO Radio, KIRO 7 News, and KING 5 News. Christopher’s interests include music, travel, and languages.

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What is Log4j and Do You Need to Worry About it?

A new vulnerability called Log4j has security teams scrambling worldwide. Here's what you need to do - and what you don't need to do - about it.

13 Dec 2021 min read

CoinHelper hides in repackaged installers of software, Windows 11, games, and antivirus

Here's a reminder to make sure you’re always getting legitimate software

1 Dec 2021 min read

Take a survey, spam your friends, download fleeceware

How do people end up downloading fleeceware apps in the first place?

2 Nov 2021 min read

Understanding what caused the Facebook outage

While situations like this are frustrating, they don’t represent a danger to you or your data

22 Oct 2021 min read

Gamers beware: Malware and malicious cracked games pose risks

These latest threats serve as a reminder that gamers, their accounts, and their in-game goods are lucrative targets for malware authors

22 Oct 2021 min read

How do you steal millions in crypto? Easy — use copy and paste

As it turns out, this simple trick can yield malware authors a lot of cryptocurrency

12 Oct 2021 min read

Are user records of 3.8 billion Clubhouse and Facebook users for sale?

Rumors are swirling about billions of Clubhouse and Facebook user records being scraped and sold on the dark web. But is that really what's happening?

30 Sep 2021 min read