Security News

Should Elections Be Classified as "Critical Infrastructure"? (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-10 12:02

I am co-author on a paper discussing whether elections be classified as "critical infrastructure" in the US, based on experiences in other countries: Abstract: With the Russian government hack of...

U.S. Intelligence Report Due Next Week on Election Hack (Threatpost)
2017-01-05 18:14

The U.S. intelligence committee is expected to publish an unclassified report on Russia's involvement with influencing the presidential election.

FBI-DHS Report Links Fancy Bear to Election Hacks (Threatpost)
2016-12-30 19:30

Joint report “Grizzly Steppe” implicates Russian hacking group Fancy Bear in U.S. election-related hacking.

SQL Injection Attack is Tied to Election Commission Breach (Threatpost)
2016-12-17 14:00

A hacker offered to sell an unpatched system vulnerability in the U.S. Election Assistance Commission website on the Dark Web for “thousands” of dollars.

Auditing Elections for Signs of Hacking (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-02 12:39

Excellent essay pointing out that election security is a national security issue, and that we need to perform random ballot audits on every future election: The good news is that we know how to...

Hacking and the 2016 Presidential Election (Schneier on Security)
2016-11-25 16:00

Was the 2016 presidential election hacked? It's hard to tell. There were no obvious hacks on Election Day, but new reports have raised the question of whether voting machines were tampered with in...