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Cyber-researchers weigh in on what concerns them the most as the U.S. heads into the final weekend before the presidential election — and they also highlight the positives. Continue reading Crippling Cyberattacks, Disinformation Top Concerns for Election Day
Scammers bilked Wisconsin Republicans out of $2.3 million in a basic BEC scam — and anyone working on the upcoming election needs to pay attention. Continue reading Wisc. GOP’s $2.3M MAGA Hat Debacle Showcases Fraud Concerns
Scammers bilked Wisconsin Republicans out of $2.3 million in a basic BEC scam — and anyone working on the upcoming election needs to pay attention. Continue reading Wisc. GOP’s $2.3M MAGA Hat Debacle Showcases Fraud Concerns
With election season in full swing, we thought it might be fun to ask ourselves a hypothetical question: How might the technology landscape as we know it change if the current administration were to lose the 2020 presidential election? What are some o… Continue reading How the Tech Landscape Could Change Post-Election
Voting Village security celeb Matt Blaze delves into the logistics of scaling up mail-in voting ahead of November’s election. Continue reading Black Hat 2020: Scaling Mail-In Voting Spawns Broad Challenges
Google TAG researchers warn that APTs are targeting campaign staffers for both Donald Trump and Joe Biden with phishing emails. Continue reading Trump, Biden Campaign Staffers Targeted By APT Phishing Emails
Flaws in the blockchain app some states plan to use in the 2020 election allow bad actors to alter or cancel someone’s vote or expose their private info. Continue reading Hackers Can Seize Control of Ballots Cast Using the Voatz Voting App, Researchers Say
Beleaguered social media platform Facebook is stepping up its game against media manipulation. Recognizing that deepfake content poses a real threat to society, Zuck’s social network swears to ban all such content from its platform, starting now…. Continue reading Facebook declares war on ‘deepfakes’
Fair elections are the lifelines of democracy, but in recent years election hacking has become a hot topic worldwide.
Whether it’s American voting machines during the 2016 presidential election or India’s EVMs during 2014 general elections, the integr… Continue reading Microsoft to Reward Hackers for Finding Bugs in Open Source Election Software
Next year’s US elections will be no more secure than in 2016. That’s the depressing conclusion from reports out this week.
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