Security News

Oh, lovely, a bipartisan election hack alert law bill for Mitch McConnell to feed into the shredder
2019-07-11 21:25

Proposed legislation would force Homeland Security to sound alarm on voting system intrusions Two US lawmakers are pushing a bipartisan bill that would force the Department of Homeland Security...

Georgia Failed to Subpoena Image of Wiped Elections Server
2019-07-03 20:07

The case of whether hackers may have tampered with elections in Georgia has taken another strange turn. read more

22 State Attorneys General Seek Election Security Help
2019-06-19 21:03

Funding for Cybersecurity Enhancements SoughtA group of 22 state attorneys general, mainly from Democratic-leaning states, are demanding Congress offer local officials more support - including...

Florida Effort to Block Election Hacking Gets Extra $2M
2019-06-18 05:15

Florida’s county elections departments will retain $2.3 million in unspent grant money aimed at stopping cyber-attacks on the state’s voting system, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. read more

Russia Effort in 2016 US Election Was 'Vast,' 'Professional'
2019-06-05 16:01

Russia's efforts to sow misinformation on Twitter ahead of the 2016 US election was more extensive and professional than earlier believed, security researchers said Wednesday. read more

Why Election Trust is Dwindling in a Post-Cambridge Analytica World
2019-06-05 14:08

As more data is collected, shared and sold, people are growing increasingly distrustful of technology, an expert said at Infosecurity Europe Wednesday.

Mueller Reconfirms Russian Election Interference Campaign
2019-05-30 12:33

But Special Counsel Hands Question of Any Trump Criminality to CongressAnyone looking for clarity on whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller believes President Trump is innocent of committing any...

Research Shows Twitter Manipulation in Weeks Before EU Elections
2019-05-28 16:15

This is an age of large scale political social engineering through social media, both by advertising and the presentation of misleading data. International social engineering became frontpage news...

US Officials Say Foreign Election Hacking Is Inevitable
2019-05-24 04:52

The hacking of U.S. election systems, including by foreign adversaries, is inevitable, and the real challenge is ensuring the country is resilient enough to withstand catastrophic problems from...

Microsoft Launches New Solutions to Protect Elections From Hacking
2019-05-07 17:09

In an effort to make voting more secure and protect political parties and campaigns from cyberattacks, Microsoft this week added new solutions to its previously announced Defending Democracy...