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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

Researcher Finds Mac Gatekeeper Bypass

The OS X Gatekeeper security system can be bypassed with a new technique developed by researcher Filippo Cavallarin.

Apple

Docker Bug Allows Root Access to Host File System

A vulnerability in all versions of the Docker platform can give an attacker full read and write access to the host file system.

Docker

New Bills Would Require Warrants for Border Device Searches

Bills in the House and Senate would prevent warrantless searches of Americans' devices at the border.

Privacy, Government

Do Not Track Act Would Give Users More Power

The Do Not Track Act introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley would establish a single, enforceable mechanism for people to prevent data collection and online tracking.

Privacy

Google Stored Some G Suite Passwords in Plain Text

Some Google G Suite customers' passwords were stored in plain text on the company's network since 2005.

Google