Flaw in GRUB 2 Boot Loader Threatens Many Linux Systems
A buffer overflow (CVE-2020-10713) in the GRUB 2 boot loader can allow an attacker to gain code execution on many Linux systems...
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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
Supreme Court to Review CFAA For First Time
The US Supreme Court has agreed to review a case related to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for the first time ever, a...
Decipher Library: First Edition
We've put together a list of security and privacy related book recommendations from people across the industry, from technical...
UHS Recovering From Malware Infection
Universal Health Services says most of its network and applications are back online after a massive malware infection hit the company last week.
China-Linked Hackers Found Using UEFI Rootkit
The newly discovered MosaicRegressor framework has been used by attackers linked to China to deliver a UEFI rootkit in some targets.
House Version of EARN IT Act Introduced
The EARN IT Act has now made its was into the House of Representatives, with a key change from the Senate version's stance on encryption.
GitHub Releases Integrated Code Scanning Feature
GitHub has released a new code-scanning feature for both public and private repositories that finds security flaws before they make it into a codebase.
Decipher Podcast: Larry Cashdollar
Larry Cashdollar, a senior security researcher at Akamai, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about 20 years of vulnerability research and the many different ways that things can go sideways.