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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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Decipher Podcast: Rich Mogull

Rich Mogull, CEO of Securosis and a longtime paramedic and disaster medic, joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the mindsets required to prepare for and respond to both physical disasters and security incidents.

Podcast

Marriott Discloses New Data Breach

Marriott says 5.2 million customers may be affected by a new data breach disclosed today.

Data Breaches

WireGuard VPN Added to Linux Kernel

The WireGuard VPN is now a default part of the Linux 5.6 kernel.

Privacy, Linux

The Short, Unhappy Lives of Five Zero Days

Google's Threat Analysis Group discovered one attacker exploiting five separate zero days in several applications last year, a highly unusual attack pattern.

Google, Phishing

Attackers Target Home Routers With DNS-Changing Hack

Attackers are compromising home routers and changing the DNS settings to redirect victims to a site serving malware.

Malware