Pennsylvania water facility hit by Iran-linked hackers

An anti-Israel hacking group with links to Iran forced a water facility in Pennsylvania to go into manual operations.

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Pennsylvania water facility hit by Iran-linked hackers

An anti-Israel hacking group with links to Iran forced a water facility in Pennsylvania to go into manual operations.

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Election workers in battleground states faced onslaught of malicious emails, researchers say

The phishing attacks targeted county poll workers in Arizona and Pennsylvania with emails that attempted to steal their login credentials.

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As voters cast their ballots, courts nationwide issue election security edicts

Legal battles with election security implications raged across the country over the holiday weekend, even with early voting well underway at historic levels in many states. In no state did those two things coincide more than in Georgia. Peach State voters amassed in lines marked by reports of 10-hour waits on Tuesday, following two key court rulings. Northern District of Georgia Judge Amy Totenberg on Sunday denied a bid to scuttle touch screen voting machines over cybersecurity vulnerabilities. On Monday, she also denied a request to require a specific number of emergency ballots to be on hand at Georgia polling sites. The ruling Sunday represented a setback for election integrity advocates who contend that Georgia’s machines have not been secure enough, and still aren’t. Totenberg ruled last year that Georgia must phase out its existing paperless voting machines, citing doubts about cybersecurity safeguards for direct-recording election equipment tabulations that couldn’t be audited without a paper record. […]

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Pennsylvania, Equifax, and US Senators – Paul’s Security Weekly #564

 In the Security News this week, Smart lock can be hacked in seconds, librarian sues Equifax over 2017 data breach wins $600, Neighbors of Cold War Air Force deserter knew him as ‘Tim’. In the random and potentially interesting stories, a … Continue reading Pennsylvania, Equifax, and US Senators – Paul’s Security Weekly #564

Pennsylvania moves to replace all paperless voting machines by 2020

Pennsylvania says it will replace all voting machines that do not produce a paper record for each vote by 2020. Acting Pennsylvania Secretary of State Robert Torres instructed all counties on Thursday to put machines in place that have a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) by the end of 2019, and “preferably in place by the November 2019 general election,” according to a press release. “We want to bring about the system upgrades so Pennsylvania voters are voting on the most secure and auditable equipment as promptly and feasibly as possible, while also being supportive of the counties’ need to plan and budget for the new systems,” Torres said in a statement. Having a VVPAT means that even if a voter makes selections on an electronic ballot, they will be able to confirm their choices on a paper ballot that can be used in an audit. Election security experts have advocated […]

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June 28, 2017 – Hack Naked News #131

DoD networks have been compromised, the Shadow Brokers continue their exploits, a Pennsylvania healthcare system gets hit with Petya, and more. Jason Wood of Paladin Security joins us to discuss nations’ offensive technical strengths and defensive weaknesses on this episode of Hack Naked News! Doug’s Stories: http://thehackernews.com/2017/06/shadowbrokers-nsa-hacker.html — Shadowbrokers continue their exploits by planning to dox […]

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