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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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1130 articles by Dennis Fisher

Apple Fixes Zero Day in iOS, macOS

Apple has fixed a WebKit zero day in iOS and macOS that attackers are exploiting.

Apple

CISA Warns of Intensifying Ransomware Threat

CISA, the FBI, and international partners warned that ransomware groups are increasingly diversifying and targeting a wider range of organizations.

Ransomware

Collaboration Key to Log4j Response

The cooperative efforts of the private sector and CISA's Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative helped limit the damage of the recent Log4j vulnerability.

Log4j, Government

Alpha-Omega Project Aims to Secure Open Source Ecosystem

The new Alpha-Omega Project from the Open Source Security Foundation will offer technical and financial assistance to open source maintainers to help them find and fix security flaws.

Log4j, Heartbleed, Opensource

‘Every Intrusion Attempt Has a Story to Tell’

Developing good communication and storytelling skills can be a vital career step for cyber threat intelligence professionals.

Threat Intelligence