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AI-fueled phishing scams raise alarm ahead of U.S. presidential election
2024-08-06 03:00

Highlighting growth of phishing and digital scams targeting United States citizens, Bolster released a research that identified 24 separate nation-state threat actor groups attempting to exploit rising political tensions across the US to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. "We know the frequency of phishing attacks is increasing, as hackers utilize AI to execute more scams than ever before. In fact, phishing scams are being hosted in the US at a rate of nearly double, compared to 2023. The trend is only accelerating. In May alone, we logged a daily average of more than 45K malicious phishing sites," said Abhilash Garimella, VP of Research at Bolster.

FBI, CISA remind US voters that DDoS attacks can't touch election systems
2024-08-01 15:07

US law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies are reminding the public that the country's voting systems will remain unaffected by distributed denial of service attacks as the next presidential election fast approaches. The feds didn't go as far as to say they expected DDoS attacks to strike the November election, but they did comment on how popular a tactic they are among politically and ideologically motivated hacktivists and cybercriminals.

CISA and FBI: DDoS attacks won’t impact US election integrity
2024-07-31 17:50

​CISA and the FBI said today that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting election infrastructure will, at most, hinder public access to information but will have no impact on the...

Deepfakes and voice clones are undermining election integrity
2024-07-02 03:00

"As AI continues to advance and become more accessible, it is crucial that we prioritize fraud protection solutions powered by AI to protect the integrity of personal and institutional data-AI is the best defense against AI-enabled fraud attacks." 74% of US respondents agree that they would question the outcome of an election held online.

Malicious emails trick consumers into false election contributions
2024-06-17 03:30

"The last six months have been unprecedented - a state of polycrisis remains and everything from elections to warfare to law enforcement activity have accelerated cyber threat actor activity globally. We're seeing radical shifts in behavior," said John Fokker, Head of Threat Intelligence, Trellix. China-linked threat groups, like Volt Typhoon, remain the most prolific originator of advanced persistent threat activities, generating 68.3% of all detections.

Stanford Internet Observatory wilts under legal pressure during election year
2024-06-14 21:38

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AI and the Indian Election
2024-06-13 11:02

Deepfakes were not the only manifestation of AI in the Indian elections. Long before the election began, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a tightly packed crowd celebrating links between the state of Tamil Nadu in the south of India and the city of Varanasi in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

DDoS attacks target EU political parties as elections begin
2024-06-08 14:12

Hacktivists are conducting DDoS attacks on European political parties that represent and promote strategies opposing their interests, according to a report by Cloudflare. Cloudflare reports that it has mitigated at least three distributed denial of service attack waves on various election-related sites in the Netherlands, as well as several political parties.

Russian hacktivists vow mass attacks against EU elections
2024-06-07 10:29

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Ex-White House election threat hunter weighs in on what to expect in November
2024-05-09 21:03

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