PT-2026-30786

My fellow Hungarians! I guarantee the integrity of the parliamentary elections on April 12, and that I will not exploit the zero-day vulnerability codenamed “VLAN Ghost Injection Vulnerability” CVE-2026-39011, as suggested by the Russian GRU agency! https://t.co/JaV7pRMngc...

How Cybersecurity Fears Affect Confidence in Voting Systems

American democracy runs on trust, and that trust is cracking. Nearly half of Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, question whether elections are conducted fairly. Some voters accept election results only when their side wins. The problem isn't just political polarization--it's a creeping...

Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data

A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme...

How Project 2025 Would Put US Elections at Risk

Experts say the “nonsensical” policy proposal, which largely aligns with Donald Trump’s agenda, would weaken the US agency tasked with protecting election integrity, critical infrastructure, and more...

Swalwell for Congress Campaign with Wolfsbane.ai Against AI-Generated Cloning

By Cyber Newswire Congressman Swalwell partners with Wolfsbane.ai, using advanced tech to shield his 2024 campaign from AI deepfakes and safeguard election integrity. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Swalwell for Congress Campaign with Wolfsbane.ai Against AI-Generated...

Inside the ‘Election Integrity App’ Built to Purge US Voter Rolls

True the Vote’s IV3 app is meant to catch election cheaters. But it has a fundamental flaw...

FBI, CISA warn of disinformation ahead of midterms

In less than four weeks, the balance of power in the US House of Representatives and Senate will be up for grabs, along with a host of gubernatorial seats, and positions at the state and municipal levels. With everyone preparing to cast their ballots, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and...

The Post-Roe Privacy Nightmare Has Arrived

Plus: Microsoft details Russia’s Ukraine hacking campaign, Meta’s election integrity efforts dwindle, and more...

More on the Security of the 2020 US Election

Last week I signed on to two joint letters about the security of the 2020 election. The first was as one of 59 election security experts, basically saying that while the election seems to have been both secure and accurate voter suppression notwithstanding, we still need to work to secure our...

Trump Fires Security Chief Christopher Krebs

President Trump on Tuesday fired his top election security official Christopher Krebs no relation. The dismissal came via Twitter two weeks to the day after Trump lost an election he baselessly claims was stolen by widespread voting fraud. Chris Krebs. Image: CISA. Krebs, 43, is a former Microsof...

On Blockchain Voting

Blockchain voting is a spectacularly dumb idea for a whole bunch of reasons. I have generally quoted Matt Blaze: Why is blockchain voting a dumb idea? Glad you asked. For starters: It doesnt solve any problems civil elections actually have. Its basically incompatible with "software independence",...

FBI Plans to Inform States of Election Breaches

The FBI has changed its policy around election cybersecurity and said it will now notify state officials in the event that local election systems are hacked. The move—revealed in a media briefing Thursday and then published online later that day—extends the number of election officials who are...

Facebook Cracks Down on Deepfake Videos

Facebook is banning deepfake videos, which stem from a technique of human-image synthesis based on artificial intelligence AI to create fake content. Over the past year, security experts and lawmakers have voiced concerns about malicious deepfake applications, particularly as a vessel for...

Compromising vital infrastructure: how voting machines and elections are vulnerable

In our first post in a series about vital infrastructure, we aim to explore how secure our voting machines—and our votes in general—are ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. Here, we ask ourselves: How can our infrastructure be compromised? What are the consequences, and how can we prevent...

January 5, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Monopoly” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 5, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Cybersecurity news round-...

Election (In)Security: 1 in 4 Voters May Skip 2018 Midterm Elections Over Hacking Fears

United States voters have had no shortage of cybersecurity news related to elections in recent months, ranging from allegations of Russian interference to revelations that specific states were targeted in attack campaigns. Among some of the frequent topics being discussed in the news have been...