Heat, Kelso and the Hacker Mindset
In the 1995 classic Heat, the character Kelso is an old-school hacker with a background as a DARPA scientist who uses his
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Dennis Fisher
Editor in ChiefDennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist who has been covering information security and privacy since 2000.
He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.
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Featured Articles
Operation Endgame Targets Trickbot, IcedID, Other Botnets in Huge Disruption
Europol and other agencies disrupted several major malware families, including IcedID, Bymblebess, Trickbot, and Smokeloader in an
AI Security ‘Is a Software Problem’
Securing AI systems and LLMs seems like a daunting task, but experts say the same principles that apply to software security can
New Version of BeaverTail macOS Malware Identified
A new, native macOS version of the BeaverTail malware used by North Korean state-sponsored attackers has veen identified by researchers.
New OpenSSH CVE-2024-6409 Flaw Emerges
A week after the disclosure of the regreSSHion CVE-2024-6387 flaw in OpenSSH, researchers have found a related flaw (CVE-2024-6409) in some recent versions of the library.
Decipher Podcast: Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Aquia and a Cyber Innovation Fellow at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the challenges of supply chain security, working with the government to address systemic issues, and the importance of collaboration.
Researchers Warn of Widespread Polyfill Supply Chain Attack
The popular polyfill.io JavaScript library has been used to inject malicious code into thousands of sites in the last few days.
Chinese APT Moves to Ransomware in Some Intrusions
A Chinese APT known as ChamelGang has been deploying the CatB ransomware in some intrusions around the world.