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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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1178 articles by Dennis Fisher

Echoes on the Wire: Dan Kaminsky’s Hacker Legacy

Dennis Fisher talks with Katie Moussouris, Rich Mogull, Kymberlee Price, and Thomas Ptacek about the unique and inspiring life and legacy of hacker Dan Kaminsky.

Podcast

Pulse Secure Releases Patch for VPN Flaw Used in Active Attacks

PulseSecure has released patches for several flaws in its Connect Secure VPN appliance, one of which has been used in active attacks for some time.

Vpn

BadAlloc Memory Flaws Found in Dozens of IoT, Embedded Devices

More than 25 memory allocation flaws have been discovered in real time operating systems from Google, Amazon, and many other vendors that are used in IoT devices.

ICS Security, Microsoft

Ransomware Task Force Proposes Technical, Regulatory Measures to Disrupt Ecosystem

A ransomware task force has proposed a variety of technical, policy, and regulatory means for disrupting ransomware, including tracking Bitcoin transactions more closely and mandating ransom payment disclosures.

Ransomware, Government

Naikon APT Deploys New Nebulae Backdoor

The Naikon APT group attributed to China has been using a new backdoor known as Nebulae in attacks against military organizations in Asia.

Apt, China