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Dennis Fisher

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Dennis 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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1118 articles by Dennis Fisher

Visibility, Cooperation Needed to Counter ICS Threats

Better visibility into ICS environments and increased cooperation between the private sector and government are key to defeating emerging threat actors.

ICS Security, Government

Mystery Silver Sparrow Malware Targets Macs

The Silver Sparrow malware is targeting Macs, including those with the M1 chip, but is not delivering a payload.

Macos, Apple

SolarWinds Attackers Downloaded Some Microsoft Source Code Components

Microsoft said the SolarWinds hackers were able to view and download some source code components for Azure, Exchange, and Intune.

Solarwinds, Microsoft

U.S. Indicts Three North Koreans for Broad Hacking Campaign

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted three North Koreans for allegedly hacking banks, private companies, and government agencies for many years.

Government

Web Shell Attacks Spike

The volume of attacks using web shells as a persistence mechanism has nearly doubled in recent months, Microsoft said.

Microsoft