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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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CISA Director: ‘Strong Security Has to Be a Standard Feature’

CISA Director Jen Easterly called on technology companies to focus on building products more securely and to stop shifting the burden for safety to customers.

Government, SBOM, Software Security

Possible New Lazarus Group Backdoor Found

A new backdoor called WinorDLL that is potentially the work of the Lazarus Group has been found onn victim machines in several countries.

North Korea, Lazarus Group

New Attack Group Focuses on Asian Medical and Shipping Companies

A newly identified attack group known as Hydrochasma has targted medical and shipping companies in Asia with spear phishing campaigns that use freely available tools.

Phishing

Fortinet Fixes Critical Flaw in FortiNAC

Fortinet has patched a critical remote code execution bug in its FortiNAC product.

Fortinet

Critical RCE Bug Fixed in ClamAV

A critical remote code execution vulnerability has been fixed in the ClamAV anti-malware engine.

Vulnerability