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In the extremely tight race for Illinois’s sixth district seat, a recent scandal over dangerous emissions from a medical supply plant has brought environmental issues front and center. Continue reading A Biochemist Is Beating a GOP Incumbent Backed by the Chemical Industry in Key House Race
Former Facebook CSO Alex Stamos tells us what he learned in 2016, and what comes next. Continue reading Election security in the age of bots, operatives, and digital attacks
News last week that voter records belonging to some 35 million U.S. residents is being offered for sale on a dark web marketplace has raised fresh concerns about identity theft and potential voter fraud just weeks before November’s midterm elect… Continue reading 35 Million U.S. Voter Records Available for Sale on Hacker Forum
Project Lakhta is the name of a Russian project that was further documented by the Department of Justice last Friday in the form of sharing a Criminal Complaint against Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, said to be the accountant in charge of running a mass… Continue reading Project Lakhta: Putin’s Chef spends $35M on social media influence
Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova was part of a wide-ranging project to influence the 2016 and 2018 election on social media. Continue reading Russian Woman Charged With Influencing US Elections on Social Media
Just weeks before the midterms, voter information from 19 states has turned up on the Dark Web. Continue reading Up to 35 Million 2018 Voter Records For Sale on Hacking Forum
In the Application Security News, Hackers stole customer credit cards in Newegg data breach, John Hancock now requires monitoring bracelets to buy insurance, the man who broke Ticketmaster, new security settings available in iOS 12, State Department co… Continue reading Newegg, Ticketmaster, & iOS 12 – Application Security Weekly #33
Ron started his cybersecurity career as a network penetration tester for the NSA, and is the Founder of Tenable and Gula Tech Adventures. He joins Keith and April for an interview to talk about security in the upcoming elections, how to maintain separa… Continue reading Ron Gula, Gula Tech Adventures – Application Security Weekly #33
It took an 11 year-old-boy all of 10 minutes to hack into a replica of Florida’s election website and to change the vote count. Think about that for a moment: A sixth grader needed only 10 minutes to be able to change Florida’s hypothetical election r… Continue reading Voting Security: Suggestions to Protect Our Elections
A roundup of the security news from August 20 – 26, including a look at insider threats, several breaches, and what tech giants Google and Facebook are doing about their privacy issues.
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