US Official Warns a Cell Network Flaw Is Being Exploited for Spying

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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...

Microsoft Says Russia Tried to Hack Three 2018 Midterm Election Candidates

Microsoft said it detected and helped the US government to block Russian hacking attempts against at least three congressional candidates this year, a Microsoft executive revealed speaking at the Aspen Security Forum today. Although the company refused to name the targets but said, the three...

Secure Messaging App 'Confide' Used by White House Staffers Found Vulnerable

The secure messaging app used by staffers in the White House and on Capitol Hill is not as secure as the company claims. Confide, the secure messaging app reportedly employed by President Donald Trump's aides to speak to each other in secret, promises "military-grade end-to-end encryption" to its...

Congress Calls for Internal Security Review

After a former Congressional staffer exposed some sensitive data on a file-sharing network recently, some lawmakers are calling for the Congress to start an internal review of its own data security policies immediately. The situation, which is linked to an ethics investigation in the House of...

eGov Content Manager Cross Site Scripting Vulrnability

HSC eGov Content Manager Cross Site Scripting Vulrnability The eGov Manager was designed to simplify the efforts of government staffers who are responsible for posting public documents, news updates, events, managing staff directories and online services. This issue is due to a failure in the...