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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

Bills Would Ban Federal Use of Facial Recognition

Legislation introduced in both the House and Senate would ban the use of facial recognition systems by federal entities.

Privacy

New Bill Takes Direct Aim at Encrypted Devices and Services

The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act introduced this week would require device makers and service providers to create exceptional access to encrypted data at rest and in motion.

Government, Encryption

Decipher Podcast: Melanie Ensign on Security Communications

Melanie Ensign, CEO and founder of Discernible Communications, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about what effective security and privacy communications look like.

Podcast

Evil Corp Deploys New WastedLocker Ransomware

The Evil Corp group responsible for the Dridex malware is using a new ransomware called WastedLocker that targets cloud services and backups.

Ransomware

Password Spraying Leads to Compromise of Cloud Identities

The Holmium threat group has been using password spraying attacks against Office 365 to gain access to corporate networks.

Microsoft