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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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Q&A: Chris Eng

Chris Eng, chief research officer at Veracode, recently joined Dennis Fisher on the Decipher podcast to talk about the company's new State of Software Security report and trends in enterprise security.

Software Security

Decipher Podcast: Chris Eng

Chris Eng of Veracode joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the company's new State of Software Security report and what's driving the increase in enterprises scanning their apps for vulnerabilities.

Podcast, Vulnerabilities

Apple Fixes Zero Day in iOS, macOS

Apple has fixed a WebKit zero day in iOS and macOS that attackers are exploiting.

Apple

CISA Warns of Intensifying Ransomware Threat

CISA, the FBI, and international partners warned that ransomware groups are increasingly diversifying and targeting a wider range of organizations.

Ransomware

Collaboration Key to Log4j Response

The cooperative efforts of the private sector and CISA's Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative helped limit the damage of the recent Log4j vulnerability.

Log4j, Government