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
Europol and other agencies disrupted several major malware families, including IcedID, Bymblebess, Trickbot, and Smokeloader in an
AI Security ‘Is a Software Problem’
Securing AI systems and LLMs seems like a daunting task, but experts say the same principles that apply to software security can
U.S. Sanctions, Indicts Alleged Members of Chinese APT31
The U.S. has announced sanctions against a Chinese state-backed company and two individuals, as well as indictments against seven people alleged to part of China's APT31 threat group.
TinyTurla-NG Backdoor Has Big Capabilities
New research shows the TinyTurla-NG backdoor uses the Chisel open-source attack framework for some communications and has a variety of post-compromise capabilities.
New AcidPour Wiper Malware Found in Ukraine
SentinelLabs researchers have discovered a new wiper malware called AcidPour in Ukraine, which appears to be a new version of the AcidRain malware.
Decipher Podcast: Brian Donohue on the 2024 Threat Detection Report
Brian Donohue of Red Canary joins Dennis Fisher to talk about some of the surprising findings from the company's new 2024 Threat Detection Report, including why identity based attacks continue to work so well and how attackers are approaching the shift to the cloud.
HHS to Probe Change Healthcare Attack
The Department of Health and Human Services will investigate the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare to see whether any consumer health information was compromised.