electionsupplies.co.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3943352

Following the 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. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

AI and the Indian Election

As India concluded the worlds largest election on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions used artificial intelligence technologies--and what lessons that holds for the rest of the world. The campaigns made extensive use of AI...

Deepfakes and AI-Driven Disinformation Threaten Polls

Cheap and easy access to AI makes it harder to detect state-sponsored and homegrown campaigns during this election year...

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...

CVE-2022-4966 sequentech admin-console Election Description cross site scripting

A vulnerability was found in sequentech admin-console up to 6.1.7 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Election Description Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to...

PT-2024-11904 · Sequentech · Sequentech Admin-Console

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: sequentech admin-console versions up to 6.1.7 Description: A vulnerability was found in the Election Description Handler component of sequentech admin-console, which can be exploited to lead to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched...

electionsupplies.co.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3889355

Following the 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. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

On Secure Voting Systems

Andrew Appel shepherded a public comment--signed by twenty election cybersecurity experts, including myself--on best practices for ballot marking devices and vote tabulation. It was written for the Pennsylvania legislature, but its general in nature. From the executive summary: We believe that no...

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak

The notorious LockBit gang promised a Georgia court leak "that could affect the upcoming US election.” It didn't materialize—but the story may not be over yet...

Earth Lusca Uses Geopolitical Lure to Target Taiwan Before Elections

During our monitoring of Earth Lusca, we noticed a new campaign that used Chinese-Taiwanese relations as a social engineering lure to infect selected targets...

Deepfake Threat: $2 Deceptive Content Undermines Election Integrity

By Deeba Ahmed In 2024, over 60 countries worldwide are holding elections. The most significant threat to the integrity of these elections? Deepfake videos, readily accessible on the dark web and Telegram, with prices ranging from as low as $2 to $100. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the...

Cyberattack on Democracy: Escalating Cyber Threats Immediately Ahead of Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Election

Cyberattack on Democracy: Escalating Cyber Threats Immediately Ahead of Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Election By Anne An · February 13, 2024 Preface Cybersecurity has become an integral part of election security. Nation-state actors and other politically motivated groups are likely to try to...

election-politique.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3827245

Following the 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. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Security Analysis of a Thirteenth-Century Venetian Election Protocol

Interesting analysis: This paper discusses the protocol used for electing the Doge of Venice between 1268 and the end of the Republic in 1797. We will show that it has some useful properties that in addition to being interesting in themselves, also suggest that its fundamental design principle is...

The Hundred-Year Battle for India’s Radio Airwaves

The Indian government has a monopoly on radio news, allowing it to dictate what hundreds of millions of people hear. With an election approaching, that gives prime minister Narendra Modi a huge advantage...

Inside the Operation to Bring Down Trump’s Truth Social

The North Atlantic Fellas Organization is trying to shut down Trump’s flailing social media platform before the 2024 election—by shitposting...

The QAnon Shaman Isn’t Even the Most Extreme Candidate in His Race for Congress

Jacob Chansley, the January 6 rioter known as the QAnon Shaman, will run for Congress in Arizona. The most remarkable thing about his campaign so far is how unremarkable it is in a state that’s embraced election conspiracies...

Chinese Hackers Launch Covert Espionage Attacks on 24 Cambodian Organizations

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is malicious cyber activity orchestrated by two prominent Chinese nation-state hacking groups targeting 24 Cambodian government organizations. "This activity is believed to be part of a long-term espionage campaign," Palo Alto Networks Unit ...

You’d be surprised to know what devices are still using Windows CE

Windows CE -- an operating system that, despite being out for 27 years, never had an official explanation for why it was called "CE" -- finally reached its official end-of-life period this week. This was Microsofts first operating system for embedded and pocket devices, making an appearance on...

Trellix 2024 Threat Predictions

Trellix 2024 Threat Predictions By Trellix · October 30, 2023 Introduction This last year we have seen upheaval across the cybersecurity landscape. The need for effective, worldwide threat intelligence continues to grow as geopolitical and economic developments create an increasingly complicated...