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A majority of election administrators in the United States have yet to implement cybersecurity controls designed to provide protection against phishing attacks, a new Area 1 Security report reveals. The U.S. elections have been targeted by phishing as well, with examples including attacks against election-sensitive organizations in 2016 and 2018, and phishing attempts targeting the current 2020 election cycle.
Online voting is likely to shape future election cycles, according to a study from OneLogin. Digital voting might also assist during the pandemic as 26% of respondents indicated COVID-19 could impact their likelihood of voting in the general election this fall.
In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.
Security bods are sounding the alarm following the discovery of a rare brand-new strain of Mac ransomware. The team at infosec outfit Malwarebytes told The Register on Tuesday the malware is the first new piece of macOS ransomware it has detected in the past four years.
70 percent of security professionals believe their local governments cannot adequately safeguard the election infrastructure against domestic and international cyber attacks. "Many of the cyber attacks targeting elections come from machines, which can automatically spread information and direct attacks on the systems that count votes," said Kevin Bocek, vice president of security strategy and threat intelligence at Venafi.
The social distancing measures brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic will weaken election security in the US, according to a non-profit's security check. "Many government personnel must work and access election infrastructure remotely now; so too must vendor personnel," the Brennan report says.
Automox, the cloud-native endpoint hardening platform provider, announced it will offer its automated endpoint hardening platform at discounted cost to 2020 presidential and congressional campaigns in partnership with Defending Digital Campaigns. Through the partnership, Automox is offering its cloud-native cyber hygiene platform to political campaigns to provide access to holistic endpoint hardening that automates the enforcement of critical patches, software updates, security configurations and more.
Infocyte is partnering with CyberDefenses to deliver Election Security Assessments throughout the United States. CyberDefenses' Election Security Assessment evaluates the end-to-end election process and provides cyber risk insights to arm election teams with stronger defenses against election cyberattacks and tampering.
On Friday, ProPublica and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found "No evidence of damage to network or computers, and no evidence of theft, damage, or loss of data." Kemp's hacking claim followed a report from a voter with software development experience about access control vulnerabilities in the state's My Voter Page and its online voter registration system.
On Friday, ProPublica and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found "No evidence of damage to network or computers, and no evidence of theft, damage, or loss of data." Kemp's hacking claim followed a report from a voter with software development experience about access control vulnerabilities in the state's My Voter Page and its online voter registration system.