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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

GitHub Begins Mandatory 2FA Rollout for Developers

Starting March 13, developers on GitHub will be required to enable some form of two-factor authentication for their accounts.

2fa, Github

Apache Patches Two Important Bugs in Web Server

The Apache Software Foundation has fixed two important security flaws in version 2.4.56 of its HTTP Server.

Apache

Europol Hits Alleged Members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Group

Europol, along with law enforcement from Germany and Ukraine, arrested two alleged members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group.

Ransomware

Decipher Podcast: Andrew Morris Returns

Andrew Morris, the founder and CEO of GreyNoise, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about software liability, the evolution of the security industry, and why we're not getting better at securing our systems.

Podcast

LastPass Attacker Compromised Employee’s Personal Machine

An attacker who stole corporate and customer data from LastPass in 2022 gained initial access by compromising an engineer's personal computer.

Lastpass, Data Breach