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Election security: US voting system faces multiple cyber threats during 2018 midterms
2018-11-05 16:50

From social media manipulation to voting machine hacks, CNET senior producer Dan Patterson explains the cyber threats that could compromise the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.

DDoS Disruption: Election Attacks
2018-11-05 16:08

With all eyes on the 2018 US midterm elections November 6, election officials are on high alert for DDoS attacks.

Election security: Tuesday and beyond
2018-11-05 14:17

CNET senior producer Dan Patterson explains hacking threats for Tuesday's elections.

Georgia Election Further Complicated By Hacking Accusation
2018-11-05 11:48

Secretary of State - and Republican Candidate - Probes State's Democratic PartyGeorgia's Republican gubernatorial candidate has accused the state's Democratic Party of attempting to hack the...

Ensuring election integrity: The overlooked last mile of securing voter data
2018-11-05 07:00

With 99 percent of America’s votes counted by computers, security experts agree that our elections remain extremely vulnerable for a cyberattack. Fourteen states are still using fragile voting...

These 10 US states are at the highest risk for election hacking
2018-11-02 14:11

States with more federal representatives and larger legislatures have higher rates of election hacking, according to highspeedinternet.com.

Carbon Black Incident Response Threat Report: US elections are endangered by cyberattacks
2018-11-01 19:01

A recent report by cybersecurity organization Carbon Black paints a grim picture of potential cyberattacks involving the upcoming US Elections. Learn more about the details.

Damaging cyberattacks surge ahead of 2018 U.S. midterm elections
2018-10-31 07:44

Carbon Black released its Quarterly Incident Response Threat Report (QIRTR) aggregating key findings from IR partner investigations during the last 90 days. Key findings Destructive cyberattacks...

What we need to worry about with election hacking
2018-10-30 20:22

Cris Thomas (aka Space Rogue), global strategy lead at IBM X-Force Red, says that voters need to put election hacking vulnerability risks into perspective.

How database hacks could impact elections and voters' fears
2018-10-30 19:57

Cris Thomas (aka Space Rogue), global strategy lead at IBM X-Force Red, explains SQL injection attacks and discusses how voter registration database hacks can lead to doubt in the election process.