Humans Are Bad at Risk Assessment, and Other Stories
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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
Software Has Eaten the World But There’s Still Hope
As software systems have become ever more complex, the opportunity for security researchers to show their value has grown, as
Digging Into FIN7’s Latest Tools and Tactics
FIN7 is a highly active and capable cybercrime group also known as Carbanak that has been evolving and using its own tools such as
Iranian APT Group Phosphorus Targets Medical Researchers
The Phosphorus attack group, also known as Charming Kitten, recently targeted medical researchers in a new spear phishing campaign.
Decipher Podcast: Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch
Decipher's new executive editor, Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about getting into security journalism, the challenges of telling highly technical stories, and how it can help defenders do their jobs more efficiently.
Malicious Code Added to PHP Source
An attacker pushed two malicious commits to the PHP source code Git server on Sunday, adding a backdoor, which was quickly removed.
In Wake of SolarWinds Breach, the Challenge of Building Secure Software Remains
SolarWinds is testing a system of parallel build servers to help prevent a future supply chain attack on its infrastructure.
Deciphering Dark Web: Cicada 3301
Zoe Lindsey, Pete Baker, and Dennis Fisher dive deep into the dark web (or whatever Hollywood thinks it is) to decipher the jumbled plot and wild philosophy of Dark Web: Cicada 3301, which is a movie that definitely exists.