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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
VMware Patches Critical Flaw in vCenter
VmWare has released updates for a critical flaw in several versions of its vCenter Server virtualization product that can be used for remote code execution.
DarkSide Affiliates Looking to Get Paid in Full
The shutdown of the DarkSide ransomware group has affiliates seeking resolution for unpaid ransom fees.
Q&A: Kimberly Goody
Kimberly Goody of the FireEye cyber crime analysis team explains the ransomware-as-a-service model and the recent changes some groups have made to their operations.
Attackers Focused on SolarWinds Network as Early as January 2019
The APT29 attackers who targeted SolarWinds were doing reconnaissance on the company's network as early as January 2019.
Decipher Podcast: Kimberly Goody
Dennis Fisher talks with Kimberly Goody from FireEye's cybercrime analysis team about the DarkSide ransomware operation, the emergence of the ransomware-as-a-service model, and what might be next for these groups.