Dennis Fisher

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Dennis Fisher is a journalist with more than 13 years of experience covering information security.

Google Attack Was Tip of the Iceberg

The recent disclosure by Google, Adobe and other companies that their networks had been thoroughly compromised by attackers who may have been after their source code has prompted a tremendous amount of discourse both in the security community and in the general public about the political and commercial implications of the attacks. But the fact of the matter is that the attacks themselves were neither remotely unique nor particularly clever. And that is what should be worrying lawmakers, corporate security specialists and anyone else with some skin in the game.

House Passes Cybersecurity Bill

The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United States’ cybersecurity army and expertise, amid growing alarm over the country’s vulnerability online. Read the full story [New York Times].


The world’s largest Internet search company and the world’s most
powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the
name of cybersecurity. Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National
Security Agency would help Google analyze a major corporate espionage
attack that the firm said originated in China and targeted its computer
networks, according to cybersecurity experts familiar with the matter.
The objective is to better defend Google — and its users — from
future attack. Read the full article [Washington Post].

Microsoft is trying to boost adoption of the software security practices in its Security Development Lifecycle by releasing a revised set of instructions to make implementation of the process easier and faster.