Security News

Facebook Battles Election Interference, Internal Criticism
2018-07-25 17:33

Departing CSO Urges Major Culture Change - More Transparency, Storing Less DataFacebook has promised to bring machine learning to bear on the problem of hate speech and information warfare via its...

Redoubling Efforts to Secure Midterm Election
2018-07-23 14:18

FBI's Elvis Chan on How to Deter Foreign Meddling in Fall VoteWith the topic of election security buzzing, Elvis Chan of the FBI has two primary concerns about the upcoming midterm elections: The...

DOJ to publicly disclose election tampering schemes
2018-07-23 11:31

Under a new policy, US organizations and individuals will be told if they're the target of foreign operations trying to influence elections.

Microsoft: The Kremlin's hackers are already sniffing, probing around America's 2018 elections
2018-07-20 21:04

Russia's Fancy Bear crew caught gearing up for mid-terms Microsoft says it has already uncovered evidence of Russian government-backed hacking gangs attempting to interfere in the 2018 US mid-term...

Encryption gripes, election security, and mandatory cybersec school: DOJ releases first task force report
2018-07-20 19:12

Sessions debuts report on government's threat landscape The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has released its first report from its Cyber Digital Task Force, which was set up in February to advise...

DOJ Cybersecurity Task Force Outlines Plans for Protecting Elections
2018-07-20 13:55

The U.S. Justice Department’s Cyber-Digital Task Force made public its first report on Thursday, covering the threat to elections, cybercrime schemes, and various other topics. read more

Trump's Views on Russian Election Meddling: A History
2018-07-20 10:33

This edition of the ISMG Security Report includes an analysis by Executive Editor Matthew J. Schwartz on President Donald Trump's changing views on election meddling, plus an update on voter data...

Microsoft Says Russia Tried to Hack Three 2018 Midterm Election Candidates
2018-07-19 20:48

Microsoft said it detected and helped the US government to block Russian hacking attempts against at least three congressional candidates this year, a Microsoft executive revealed speaking at the...

Suing South Carolina Because Its Election Machines Are Insecure
2018-07-19 11:17

A group called Protect Democracy is suing South Carolina because its insecure voting machines are effectively denying people the right to vote. Note: I am an advisor to Protect Democracy on its...

Who's leaving buckets open online now? Cybercroooks, election autodialers
2018-07-18 20:23

Researchers highlight more goof ups from exposed data depots Security company Kromtech has unearthed two more embarrassing (and potentially dangerous) cases of groups leaving mass data caches...