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An election security report released by Valimail exposed some significant issues with email security which could have the potential to disrupt the 2020 elections. Just 7% of the largest counties' domains are protected, an increase of just 2 percentage points from 2019.Only one of the eight election systems manufacturers certified by the US government is protected from email spoofing.
For companies with data users in both the EU and the US, laws protecting users' privacy vary. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about EU-US data privacy.
For companies with data users in both the EU and the US, laws protecting users' privacy vary. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about EU-US data privacy.
Christopher Taylor, a 57-year-old labourer, appeared by video link at Westminster Magistrates' Court to contest an extradition attempt by the US government, according to the Court News UK newswire. "I'm having bad thoughts about ending my life. I'm so sorry for what I've done. I would never come back or I would come back in a coffin, I know I would and I know my wife wouldn't be here to stand it, I know she would end her life too, I know she would. I'm so sorry."
Through disinformation campaigns, foreign adversaries attempt to exploit the fear and uncertainty among US voters, says Digital Shadows. The 2016 presidential election was marked by meddling most notably from Russian agents who attempted to influence voters through disinformation on social media and other platforms.
The meteoric rise of the game Among Us appears to be outpacing its developer's ability to keep up with malicious actors. Among Us takes place in a space setting, where some platers are "Crewmates," and others are "Imposters" that live among us.
US President Donald Trump's administration has insisted on the need to ban TikTok due to national security concerns in a new court filing ahead of a plan to make the video app unavailable on November 12. In September, a temporary injunction prevented the government from removing TikTok from mobile application download platforms.
SecurityScorecard released a report earlier this month that looked through the overall cybersecurity posture of all 56 US states and territories leading up to the presidential election. The study found that 75% of all states and territories had IT infrastructures that are vulnerable to a variety of cyberattacks.
The FBI and the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Thursday issued a joint warning that a Kremlin hacking crew is probing or breaking into systems belonging to the US government and aviation industry. The joint advisory states that the team, known as Energetic Bear among other monikers, has been specifically going after US state, local, territorial, and tribal government networks, as well as aviation, since at least September 2020.
DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI today warned that a Russian state-sponsored APT threat group known as Energetic Bear has hacked and stolen data from US government networks during the last two months. Energetic Bear, a hacking group active since at least 2010, has targeted the networks of both US state, local, territorial, and tribal government organizations and aviation entities.