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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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1118 articles by Dennis Fisher

NSA Director: ‘We Need Speed, Agility, and Unity of Effort’

Joint partnerships between the government and private sector are helping to harden U.S. networks and address ongoing threats.

Government

GitLab Fixes Critical Account-Takeover Bug

GitLab has patched a critical vulnerability caused by hardcoded passwords in several versions.

Gitlab

Researchers Warn of RCE Bug in Spring Framework

A remote code execution flaw in the Spring Java framework has been uncovered, and exploits are circulating in some places.

Java

CISA Warns of Attacks on UPS Devices

CISA is warning enterprises about ongoing attacks against Internet-connected UPS devices and encouraging them to change default credentials and enforce MFA.

Cisa, Iot Security

Urgent Update for Chrome Fixes Zero Day Under Attack

Google has patched a zero day in the V8 engine in Chrome that is under active attack.

Google