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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

Europol Arrests Two for Running Malware Crypter Services

European law enforcement officials have arrested two suspects for allegedly running a pair of crypter services that help malware slip past security software.

Cybercrime

FBI Guidance Evolves on Ransomware Payments

The FBI has always advised victims not to pay ransomware groups, but its thinking has evolved as attacks have proliferated and worsened.

Government, Ransomware

Firefox Adds HTTPS-Only Mode

Firefox 83 includes an option to force HTTPS connections to any site that offers them.

Firefox

Civil Liberties Groups Decry Calls for Encryption Backdoors

A coalition of civil liberties groups from the U.S. and Europe is warning about the potential consequences of backdoors in encryption systems.

Encryption

Google Patches Two More Chrome Zero Days Used by Attackers

Google has fixed two vulnerabilities in Chrome that have been targeted by attackers in recent days.

Google