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...
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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
Decipher Library: First Edition
We've put together a list of security and privacy related book recommendations from people across the industry, from technical...
Extensive Fraud Network Found Using Malicious Chrome Extensions
A long-running ad fraud campaign that was using more than 500 malicious Google Chrome extensions has been identified and halted...
Thousands of SaltStack Servers Patched, But Many Still Vulnerable
The number of servers vulnerable to the CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack flaw has dropped considerably, but several thousand are still unpatched.
GoDaddy Reports Breach of Customer Hosting Accounts
An attacker was able to access an undisclosed number of GoDaddy customers' hosting accounts using SSH connections.
SaltStack Flaw Used in Numerous Attacks
Attackers are exploiting the CVE-2020-11651 flaw in SaltStack Salt to install coinmining scripts on exposed servers.
Decipher Podcast: Andy Ellis
Akamai CSO Andy Ellis joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the security implications of moving thousands of employees worldwide to remote work.
Senators Plan COVID-19 Data Protection Bill
Four senators are planning to introduce the COVID-19 Data Protection Act to regulate the collection, use, and transfer of health and location data related to virus infections.