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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

Web Shell Attacks Continue to Cause Problems

Web shell attacks have been on the rise in recent months, as many APT groups employ them against enterprises.

Microsoft

Sudo Flaw Grants Root Privileges

A flaw in the sudo utility could allow a local user to gain root privileges if the pwfeedback option is enabled.

Linux

For Whom the Bill Tolls: Encryption

A proposed bill by Sen. Lindsey Graham to prevent online child exploitation imagery could have a disastrous effect on end-to-end encryption.

Government, Encryption

The Growing Overlap of Disinformation and Security

Disinformation campaigns and cyber operations are intersecting more and more often, as actors become more sophisticated in their use of both tactics in their operations.

Disinformation

Better Privacy Through Collaboration

Improving online privacy for users will require a mix of technical, legislative, and regulatory approaches.

Privacy