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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
New OpenSSH CVE-2024-6409 Flaw Emerges
A week after the disclosure of the regreSSHion CVE-2024-6387 flaw in OpenSSH, researchers have found a related flaw (CVE-2024-6409) in some recent versions of the library.
Decipher Podcast: Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Aquia and a Cyber Innovation Fellow at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the challenges of supply chain security, working with the government to address systemic issues, and the importance of collaboration.
Researchers Warn of Widespread Polyfill Supply Chain Attack
The popular polyfill.io JavaScript library has been used to inject malicious code into thousands of sites in the last few days.
Chinese APT Moves to Ransomware in Some Intrusions
A Chinese APT known as ChamelGang has been deploying the CatB ransomware in some intrusions around the world.
Serious Flaws Fixed in ExpressionEngine CMS
Packet Tide has fixed a group of XSS vulnerabilities and an open HTTP redirection bug in its ExpressionEngine content management system, some of which could give an attacker admin access.