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
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Dennis Fisher
Editor in ChiefDennis 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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Featured Articles
Operation Endgame Targets Trickbot, IcedID, Other Botnets in Huge Disruption
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The Challenge of Reporting on Complex Breaches
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Researchers Warn of Potential Abuse of Azure Service Tags
Tenable researchers discovered a technique for abusing Azure service tags to bypass firewall rules and Microsoft has issued new guidance for customers.
Operation Endgame Targets Trickbot, IcedID, Other Botnets in Huge Disruption
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U.S. Sanctions Three Chinese Nationals for Alleged Connection to 911 S5 Botnet
The Office of Foreign Asset Control has sanctioned three Chinese citizens for their alleged operation of the 911 S5 botnet.