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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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1130 articles by Dennis Fisher

Apple Opens Up Bug Bounty Program

Apple has opened its bug bounty program up to the broad research community, offering payments of up to $1.5 million.

Apple

Deciphering Die Hard

Zoe Lindsey, Pete Baker, and Dennis Fisher dive into Doe Hard, a modern classic with some interesting security lessons.

Podcast, Hacker Movies

Google to Pay for Security Upgrades in Open Source Projects

Google is amending its patch reward program to provide up-front financial support for open source projects that need money to make security improvements.

Google

Decipher Podcast: Kelly Shortridge

Kelly Shortridge of Capsule8 joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the idea of accepting some level of ransomware attacks as necessary and working toward an economic equilibrium with the attackers.

Podcast

New Tactics Emerge as Phishing Evolves

Recent phishing campaigns uncovered by Microsoft are using custom 404 error pages and search result poisoning to fool victims.

Phishing