‘Zero Day Piled on Zero Day’
Edge devices have become the go-to targets for cybercriminals and state actors, and experts say that will continue for the
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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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Docker Bug Allows Root Access to Host File System
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New Bills Would Require Warrants for Border Device Searches
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Do Not Track Act Would Give Users More Power
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Google Stored Some G Suite Passwords in Plain Text
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