Critical Flaw Patched in Progress File Transfer Server
Progress Software has fixed a critical pre-authentication remote code execution bug in its WS_FTP Server product.
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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
‘Marriages of Convenience’ Between State Actors and Cybercriminals Provide Cover for Both
U.S. authorities warn that cooperative efforts between state-sponsored actors and cybercrime groups make life more difficult...
New Threat Group Targets Middle Eastern Telcos
A new attack group named ShroudedSnooper is targeting telecom providers in Middle Eastern countries with custom tools called...
Facebook Hands Out Research Grants for Defensive Technologies
Facebook has given academic researchers more than $800,000 to pursue proposals for new defensive techniques.
‘Everyone Who Cares About User Security Needs to Collaborate’
As the world's dependence on technology continues to increase, the need for collaboration on defensive projects is becoming more acute, as well.
Decipher Podcast: Black Hat Preview
Decipher editors Dennis Fisher and Fahmida Rashid preview this year's Black Hat USA conference in the first episode of the podcast.
New Tool Enables Detection of Twitter Bots at Scale
Two researchers have developed a model that can detect bot accounts on Twitter at a massive scale and with a high degree of accuracy.
Dennis Has Some Questions About…Passwords
People love to hate passwords and most of us aren't very good at creating and remembering them. But we still need them so here's how to create strong passwords.