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Dan Goodin
Unclaimed profileSecurity Editor, Ars Technica
United States
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Dan Goodin is Senior Security Editor at Ars Technica with 25+ years of journalism experience covering malware, hacking, encryption, and cybersecurity threats. A UC Berkeley journalism graduate based in San Francisco, Goodin has tracked white-hat and black-hat hackers since 2005, bringing deep technical expertise to computer security reporting.
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Dan Goodin has recently covered critical security threats, including a severe server vulnerability, an urgent Office patch exploited by Russian state hackers, and credential-stealing malware found in Microsoft packages. They also investigated password manager privacy claims.
Recent articles
- Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vulnArs Technica · Dec 3, 2025
- Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.Ars Technica · Feb 4, 2026
- Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always trueArs Technica · Feb 17, 2026
- For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer