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Symantec makes elections more secure with free service to ‘spoof proof’ candidates websites
2018-09-19 04:15

Symantec announced the availability of a free service, powered by Symantec’s artificial intelligence technology, that political candidates and campaigns can use to test the security and authenticity of their websites. Attracting users to fake websites that contain differences from legitimate websites, is a technique that cyber criminals use to gather personal information, such as birth dates, email addresses, and voting preferences. That data can then be weaponized to influence behavior and attitudes, spread false information, … More → The post Symantec makes elections more secure with free service to ‘spoof proof’ candidates websites appeared first on Help Net Security.


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