Heat, Kelso and the Hacker Mindset
In the 1995 classic Heat, the character Kelso is an old-school hacker with a background as a DARPA scientist who uses his
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.
In the 1995 classic Heat, the character Kelso is an old-school hacker with a background as a DARPA scientist who uses his
Europol and other agencies disrupted several major malware families, including IcedID, Bymblebess, Trickbot, and Smokeloader in an
Securing AI systems and LLMs seems like a daunting task, but experts say the same principles that apply to software security can
The Russian threat group known as Midnight Blizzard and APT29 gained access to some Microsoft source code repositories and other sensitive data, the company said.
Decipher editors Dennis Fisher and Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch talk about the BlackCat ransomware attack on Change Healthcare that has crippled the company and affected the ability of thousands of health care providers, pharmacies, and hospitals to get paid and submit claims.
Daniel Cuthbert, global head of cybersecurity research at Banco Santander, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about getting his first computer, a ZX Spectrum that he still owns(!), finding his way into hacking through IRC, his passion for photography, and his surprising alternate career path.
The Department of the Treasury has sanctioned five entities and two people associated with the sale of the Predator spyware.
The BlackCat ransomware group is continuing to target health care organizations and hospitals two months after the FBI disrupted some of the group's operations.