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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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FBI Says BEC Scam Losses Dwarf Ransomware

The FBI IC3 Internet Crime Report shows more than $1.7 billion in looses from BEC scams, far more than from any other kind of cybercrime activity it tracks.

Ransomware

Serious Bluetooth Flaw Fixed in Android Update

Google has patched a critical Bluetooth flaw in Android that could give an attacker control of a vulnerable device without any user interaction.

Android, Google

US Charges Chinese PLA Members in Equifax Breach

The Department of Justice indicted four members of China's People's Liberation Army in connection with the Equifax data breach in 2017.

China, Apache

Cisco Fixes CDP Flaws in Routers, Switches

Cisco has patched five serious vulnerabilities that affect routers, switches, and IP phones and cameras with the Cisco Discovery Protocol enabled.

Cisco

Web Shell Attacks Continue to Cause Problems

Web shell attacks have been on the rise in recent months, as many APT groups employ them against enterprises.

Microsoft