Heat, Kelso and the Hacker Mindset
In the 1995 classic Heat, the character Kelso is an old-school hacker with a background as a DARPA scientist who uses his
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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
Operation Endgame Targets Trickbot, IcedID, Other Botnets in Huge Disruption
Europol and other agencies disrupted several major malware families, including IcedID, Bymblebess, Trickbot, and Smokeloader in an
AI Security ‘Is a Software Problem’
Securing AI systems and LLMs seems like a daunting task, but experts say the same principles that apply to software security can
Decipher Podcast: Caitlin Condon on the Attack Intelligence Report
Caitlin Condon of Rapid7 joins Dennis Fisher to dive into the juicy tidbits from the Rapid7 Attack iNtelligence Report, including the rise in attacks on zero days, ransomware proliferation, and why network edge devices remain a major problem.
Kimsuky APT Using Newly Discovered Gomir Linux Backdoor
The North Korean Kimsuky APT group has been using a new Linux backdoor called Gomir in attacks on South Korean targets.
AI Security ‘Is a Software Problem’
Securing AI systems and LLMs seems like a daunting task, but experts say the same principles that apply to software security can be used to build safe AI systems.
Rather Than Measuring Risk, Fix an Interesting Problem
Measuring risk is a notoriously hard task, so Andy Ellis suggests teams focus on fixing the problems in fornt of them instead of trying to measure what could happen.
F5 Fixes Critical RCE Bugs in BIG-IP Next Central Manager
F5 has patched two vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-26026 and CVE-2024-21793) in its BIG-IP Next Central Manager console that can grant full admin control of the target application.