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Microsoft Warns of Cyberattacks on Trump, Biden Election Campaigns
The U.S. election campaigns of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been targeted in a slew of recent cyberattacks, Microsoft said on Thursday. With the U.S. presidential election a mere two months away, in recent weeks cyberattacks targeting people and organizations involved in it have ramped up...
Russia’s Fancy Bear Hackers Are Hitting US Campaign Targets Again
Microsoft says the GRU hacking group has attacked hundreds of organizations over the past year, many of them tied to the upcoming election...
Threat Source newsletter for Sept. 10, 2020
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. In our continued research on election security, we have a new video roundtable discussion up on our YouTube page. In this Q&A-style format, I ask our researchers questions about the work they’ve done researching disinformation aka...
CISA Insights: Email-Based Attacks on Elections-Related Entities
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released CISA Insights: Actions to Counter Email-Based Attacks on Elections-Related Entities in light of increased sophisticated phishing operations targeting individuals and groups involved in the upcoming U.S. elections. CISA strongl...
The U.S. Secret Service Selects Tom Kellermann to Serve on Inaugural Cyber Investigations Advisory Board
Cybersecurity has become a recurring global news headline. From ransomware to data breaches, cyberattacks continue to be one of the biggest threats to both the private and public sectors. Earlier this year, the FBI reported a 400 percent increase in cybercrime1. And for the public sector, this is...
Roundtable video: Disinformation and election security
By Jon Munshaw. In our continued coverage of election security, we decided to sit down with four Talos and Cisco researchers to discuss disinformation. As we outlined in our recent research paper, disinformation is one of the cornerstones of threat actors' efforts to disrupt the American election...
Peter Strzok Has a Warning About Russia—and Trump
In an interview with WIRED and in his new book, the former FBI agent details the threats the US faces as the 2020 election looms...
Will WhatsApp’s Misinfo Cure Work for Facebook Messenger?
To protect the election, the platform will limit message forwarding to five people at a time...
Facebook's Zuckerberg Says He's Got Election Stuff Under Control
Facebook rolls out its plan to protect the US from November mayhem...
The Trump Administration Continues to Erode Election Security
The DHS, the DOJ, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have all had recent controversies that bode poorly for electoral integrity...
The FBI Botched Its DNC Hack Warning in 2016—but Says It Won’t Next Time
Facing looming election threats and a ransomware epidemic, the bureau says it has revamped its process for warning hacking victims...
US Postal Service Files Blockchain Voting Patent
The US Postal Service has filed a patent on a blockchain voting method: Abstract: A voting system can use the security of blockchain and the mail to provide a reliable voting system. A registered voter receives a computer readable code in the mail and confirms identity and confirms correct ballot...
US Postal Service Files Blockchain Voting Patent
The US Postal Service has filed a patent on a blockchain voting method: Abstract: A voting system can use the security of blockchain and the mail to provide a reliable voting system. A registered voter receives a computer readable code in the mail and confirms identity and confirms correct ballot...
US Postal Service Files Blockchain Voting Patent
The US Postal Service has filed a patent on a blockchain voting method: Abstract: A voting system can use the security of blockchain and the mail to provide a reliable voting system. A registered voter receives a computer readable code in the mail and confirms identity and confirms correct ballot...
Threat Source newsletter for Aug. 27, 2020
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. As part of our continued look at election security ahead of the November election, we have another research paper out this week. This time, we’re taking a closer look at disinformation campaigns, popularly known as “fake news.” Th...
kendall.il.electionconsole.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1279156
Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has:       a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence;       b. notified the website operator about its existence...
Disinformation Spurs a Thriving Industry as U.S. Election Looms
In the years since the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, threat actors have pieced together a new playbook for sowing confusion and doubt within the American electorate. On Wednesday, researchers with Cisco Talos released a report PDF that details how a number of these new sophisticated campaigns...
What to expect when you're electing: The building blocks of disinformation campaigns
By Nick Biasini, Kendall McKay and Matt Valites. As Cisco Talos discovered during our four-year investigation into election security, securing elections is an extremely difficult, complex task. In the first paper in our election series, “What to expect when you’re electing,” Talos outlined how th...
Shoring Up the 2020 Election: Secure Vote Tallies Aren't the Problem
With the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election coming up in just two months, cybersecurity concerns are taking center stage for average citizens and politicians. That said, the likelihood of election results being impacted by an attack are slim, security researchers say. The focus should be on other...