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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

CISA: LockBit Most Active Ransomware Group

The LockBit ransomware group was the most active in the world last year, according to a new advisory, and has collected nearly $100 million in ransoms in three years.

Ransomware, CISA

Cyberespionage Group Targets New VMware Zero Day

A Chinese cyberespionage group known as UNC3886 has been exploiting a new zero day (CVE-2023-20867) in VMware Tools.

Vmware

Fortinet Patches New Critical FortiOS Bug

Fortinet has released new firmware updates to patch a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-27997) that affects all versions of the FortiGate appliance.

Fortinet

New BEC Campaign Targets Financial Companies

A newly identified phishing and BEC campaign is targeting banks and financial organizations and began with the compromise of a trusted vendor.

BEC, Phishing

MOVEit Bug Attacks Continue By Cl0p Ransomware Group, Other Actors

The MOVEit Transfer bug that researchers say allows remote code execution, is being exploited by the Cl0p ransomware group and other actors to steal data and deploy ransomware.

Moveit