Cactus Ransomware Group Targets Qlik Sense Servers
Cactus ransomware actors are targeting Qlik Sense servers with exploits for three separate vulnerabilities in an ongoing campaign.
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Dennis Fisher
Editor in ChiefDennis 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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Featured Articles
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The Curious Case of Silexbot
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Decipher Podcast: Michael Coates
Dennis Fisher speaks with Michael Coates of Altitude Networks about his security philosophy and the challenge of protecting hundreds of millions of users at Mozilla and Twitter.
Amazon Unveils Security Hub, Control Tower to Aid AWS Security
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Dashboard Act Would Force Companies to Tell Users What Their Data is Worth
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