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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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Google Patches Two More Chrome Zero Days Used by Attackers

Google has fixed two vulnerabilities in Chrome that have been targeted by attackers in recent days.

Google

Deciphering Johnny Mnemonic

Zoe Lindsey, Pete Baker, and Dennis Fisher break down the delightfully goofy and moderately incoherent 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic.

Podcast, Hacker Movies

Trickbot Back on the Block

The Trickbot malware operation is back, with a fresh spam campaign delivering malicious Word documents.

Trickbot, Malware

Apple Fixes Three Flaws Exploited in the Wild

Apple has patched three bugs in iOS and macOS that have been exploited by attackers.

Apple

Oracle Releases Emergency Patch for WebLogic Flaw

Oracle has pushed an emergency patch for CVE-2020-14750, a remotely exploitable flaw in its WebLogic application server.

Oracle