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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

Regulation of Facial Recognition Not Likely Soon

Major tech companies and some lawmakers are pushing for rules on using facial recognition systems, but federal regulation isn't on the horizon.

Facial Recognition, Privacy

FTC Wants More Security and Privacy Authority

Two months into his job, FTC Chairman Joseph Simons says the commission needs more authority to enforce data security privacy violations.

Wyden, Rubio Ask Google and Amazon to Restore Domain Fronting

Two powerful senators have asked executives at Google and Amazon to rethink their decisions to end the use of domain fronting on their cloud networks to help protect at-risk users.

Google, Privacy

Microsoft Wants Federal Regulation of Facial Recognition Technology

Microsoft President Brad Smith is asking Congress to step in and regulate the use of facial recognition technology to help prevent abuse.

Privacy, Facial Recognition

The Rise and Rise of Business Email Compromise Scams

The FBI estimates that BEC scams have cost victims nearly $13 billion in the last year and a half, a major increase that shows no signs of being an anomaly.

Phishing