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
Analyzing the Qakbot Disruption
Decipher editors Dennis Fisher and Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch discuss the FBI's disruption of the Qakbot malware operation and what it might mean for the larger malware ecosystem.
Splunk Patches ANSI Bug in ITSI
Splunk has released updates to fix an odd bug that allows an attacker to inject special codes into log files, potentially leading to remote code execution.
Attackers Target Juniper SRX and EX Flaws
Adversaries are targeting flaws in Juniper's EX and SRX series devices that can be chained together to gain remote code execution.
Decipher Podcast: Danny Rogers and Rocky Cole
iVerify CEO Danny Rogers and COO Rocky Cole join Dennis Fisher to discuss the spinout of the iVerify mobile security tool as a standalone company, the scourge of mercenary spyware, and how enterprises can protect their users.
Federal VDP Program Shows Early Success
The federal government's vulnerability disclosure policy platform has taken in more than 1,300 unique valid bug reports in its first 18 months.