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
‘People Have a Right to Free Speech, But a Bot Doesn’t’
In the era of disinformation, manipulation and influence operations, platform providers, enterprises, and government agencies are working to find policy and technical solutions.
Decipher Podcast: RSA 2019
Dennis Fisher, Fahmida Rashid, Mike Mimoso and Jessy Irwin gather to talk about RSA Conference.
FBI Intensifies Its Focus on Cybercrime
FBI Director Christoper Wray said the bureau considers cybercrime and other cyber attacks to be an unprecedented threat right now.
‘Who Knows What These Computers Are Doing?’
The ever-growing complexity of modern computing devices is making it more and more difficult to secure them.
Decipher Podcast: Yonathan Klijnsma
Yonathan Klijnsma of RiskIQ has been researching the Magecart skimming group for several years and speaks with Dennis Fisher about Group 4's tactics and targets.