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The DNC thwarts a phishing effort aimed at its voter database, days after Microsoft's Fancy Bear disruption and Facebook's efforts against Iranian propaganda.

In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations.

The security of electronic voting and the direct-recording election (DRE) voting machines used has been questioned for years. The upcoming U.S. midterm elections in November, coupled with the...

Microsoft on Monday announced that it took control of several domains associated with a notorious Russia-linked threat actor. The names of the domains suggest the hackers may have been using them...

Microsoft claims to have uncovered another new Russian hacking attempts targeting United States' Senate and conservative think tanks ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. The tech giant said...

Respondents in a survey from Venafi said they believe voting machines, encrypted communications from polling stations and databases that store voter registration data are all vulnerable.

It took him less than 10 minutes to change election results on a replica of Florida's state website.

93 percent of security professionals are concerned about cyber-attacks targeting election infrastructure and data, and 81 percent believe cyber criminals will target election data as it is...

The Vote Hacking Village invited attendees – including kids as young as six – to hack the voting infrastructure, including ballot machines, a voter database and more.

Retired Brigadier General Gregory Touhill, the first CISO of the federal government, spells out what he sees as the essential steps for fighting against Russian meddling in this year's midterm...