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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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1181 articles by Dennis Fisher

Rockwell Automation Warns of Critical Bug in ControlLogix Modules

Rockwell Automation discovered an exploit for its ControlLogix modules that was developed by an unnamed APT actor.

ICS

Patches for Three New MOVEit Transfer Bugs Released

Progress Software has released a service pack that addresses three new vulnerabilities in its MOVEit Transfer application.

Moveit

Iranian Charming Kitten Group Evolves Tools and Tactics

The Charming Kitten attack group is using new tools and tactics in recent operations, including a new macOS backdoor called NokNok.

Iran

StackRot Flaw Bug Fixed in Linux Kernel

A new bug in the Linux kernel (CVE-2023-3269) known as StackRot has been fixed in versions 6.1-6.4.

Linux

New Variant of Rustbucket macOS Malware Found

A new, previously undetected, version of the Rustbucket macOS malware has been discovered in an intrusion by a known North Korean APT group.

North Korea, Cryptocurrency