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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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U.S. Cyber Command is Making Foreign Malware Tools Public

A group within the U.S. Cyber Command is now contributing malware samples to VirusTotal, part of a broader strategy to put pressure on foreign adversaries.

Government

Google Expands Automated OSS-Fuzz Program

Google's OSS-Fuzz open source fuzzing project has identified more than 9,000 bugs in less than two years and is now expanding.

Google

Apache Warns of Critical Flaw in Struts 2 Framework

There is a serious flaw in the file upload component in the Struts 2.3.x framework that can lead to remote code execution on vulnerable apps.

Apache

Crypto Implementation Flaws Found in Popular Solid-State Drives

Researchers at Radboud University have uncovered a number of serious weaknesses in self-encrypting solid-state drives.

Encryption

Wyden Proposes Severe Fines, Jail Time for Corporate Privacy Violations

Sen. Ron Wyden is circulating a draft of a bill that would punish corporate privacy violations with massive fines and potential jail time for executives.

Privacy