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US warns of last-minute Iranian and Russian election influence ops
2024-11-05 16:23

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is warning about last-minute influence operations conducted by Iranian and Russian actors to undermine the public trust in the integrity and...

FBI: Upcoming U.S. general election fuel multiple fraud schemes
2024-10-30 13:44

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of multiple schemes taking advantage of the upcoming U.S. general election to scam people out of their money or personal data. [...]

Phishing scams and malicious domains take center stage as the US election approaches
2024-10-22 04:00

Phishing scams aimed at voters, malicious domain registrations impersonating candidates, and other threat activity designed to exploit unassuming victims take center stage as the US election...

China’s Spamouflage cranks up trolling of US Senator Rubio as election day looms
2024-10-21 22:30

Note to Xi: Marco and Ted Cruz aren't the same person China's Spamouflage disinformation crew has been targeting US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) with its fake news campaigns over the past...

AI and the 2024 US Elections
2024-09-30 11:00

For years now, AI has undermined the public’s ability to trust what it sees, hears, and reads. The Republican National Committee released a provocative ad offering an “AI-generated look into the...

U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes
2024-09-28 06:03

U.S. federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian nationals who are allegedly employed with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their targeting of...

Iranian hackers charged for ‘hack-and-leak’ plot to influence election
2024-09-27 19:47

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging three Iranian hackers with a "hack-and-leak" campaign that aimed to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election. [...]

Phishing in focus: Disinformation, election and identity fraud
2024-09-09 03:30

The frequency of phishing attacks is rising as attackers increasingly utilize AI to execute more scams than ever before. In this Help Net Security video, Abhilash Garimella, Head Of Research at...

White House seizes 32 domains, issues criminal charges in massive election-meddling crackdown
2024-09-05 02:27

Russia has seemingly decided who it wants Putin the Oval Office The Biden administration on Wednesday seized 32 websites and charged two employees of a state-owned media outlet connected to a $10...

US cracks down on Russian disinformation before 2024 election
2024-09-04 20:23

The FBI seized 32 web domains used by the Doppelgänger Russian-linked influence operation network in a disinformation campaign targeting the American public ahead of this year's presidential...