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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

‘Assume the Humans are Human and Bad Things Will Happen’

Building resilient networks that are resistant to attack and allow users to do their jobs can change the way organizations handle security.

NSA, Government

Microsoft Patches Windows CLFS Zero Day

Microsoft has patched a zero day in the Windows common log file system driver that has been actively exploited.

Microsoft

Critical Flaw Patched in VM2 Sandbox

A critical flaw (CVE-2023-29017) has been patched in the VM2 sandbox that runs on Node.js.

Vulnerabilities

Apple Warns of Two Zero Days Under Attack

Apple is warning about two zero days in macOS and iOS that are under active attack.

Apple

Microsoft and Partners Move to Disrupt Use of Cracked Cobalt Strike Copies

Microsoft, Fortra, and the Health-ISAC have obtained a court order to disrupt the use of cracked copies of Cobalt Strike, which are often used in ransomware intrusions.

Ransomware, Microsoft