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Dennis Fisher

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Dennis 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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1182 articles by Dennis Fisher

Microsoft Disrupts Broad Cloud-Based BEC Campaign

Microsoft researchers have disrupted a phishing and business email compromise campaign that used several separate cloud platforms to disguise its operations.

Phishing, Microsoft

Google Gives Enterprises Control of Workspace Encryption Keys

Google Workspace's new client-side encryption feature allows enterprises to control their own keys.

Google, Encryption

Law Enforcement Agencies Disrupt Slilpp Underground Marketplace

The FBI and international law enforcement agencies have disrupted Slilpp, allegedly the largest online marketplace for stolen credentials.

Government

JBS Paid $11 Million Ransom

Food producer JBS USA said it paid an $11 million ransom to resolve the ransomware attack that hit the company on May 30.

Ransomware

Microsoft Fixes Six Zero Days Used in Attacks

Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday includes fixes for six vulnerabilities that have been used in attacks in the wild.

Microsoft, Patch Tuesday