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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
EmoCrash Exploit Helped Slow the Spread of Emotet for Months
The EmoCrash exploit took advantage of a flaw in the Emotet trojan's code to help defenders stop the malware for more than six months.
Apache Warns of Serious Flaw in Struts
A vulnerability in Apache Struts (CVE-2019-0230) can lead to remote code execution in some circumstances.
Decipher Podcast: Jennifer Leggio
Dennis Fisher is joined by Jennifer Leggio, CMO of Claroty, to talk about her career path from journalist to executive and the challenges of learning the intricacies of security in OT environments.
NSA and FBI Detail Russian Use of Drovorub Linux Malware
The NSA and FBI have exposed a previously unknown malware tool called Drovorub that the agencies say has been deployed by APT28.
Microsoft Patches Zero Days Used in Targeted Attacks
Microsoft on Tuesday patched flaws in Internet Explorer an Windows that have been used in active attacks.