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Election Interference: The Russians Are Back, or They Never Left

| | 2020 elections, Election Manipulation, Russia, social engineeering, social media
Every day brings new revelations on Russia’s strategy of disruption to the west, the United States specifically. As Yogi Berra said, “It is déjà vu all over again”—in December 2017 we wrote ...
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Russia, China, Iran Meddle in 2020 Election (Unsurprisingly)

| | APT28, APT31, APT35, Charming Kitten, china, Election Manipulation, Fancy Bear, Iran, Phishing, Russia, SB Blogwatch
It comes as no surprise to hear that Russia is up to its old tricks. China and Iran are also in on the game ...
Security Boulevard
State of Georgia: Election Server May Have Been Compromised During 2016, 2018 Elections

State of Georgia: Election Server May Have Been Compromised During 2016, 2018 Elections

| | Election Manipulation, Election Security, Elections, Information Security
via Dan Goodin, Security Editor at Ars Technica, comes news that no one in the State of Georgia wants to hear: At least one election server exhibits evidence of compromise - due ...
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US District Court Judge To State of Georgia: Bad, Bad, Double-Bad

US District Court Judge To State of Georgia: Bad, Bad, Double-Bad

| | Election Fraud, Election Manipulation, Election Security, Electioneering, Elections, Malware, Malware Detection, Vulnerabilities, Vulnerable Systems
via Cyrus Farivar, writing at Ars Technica, of the apparent displeasure noted by United States District Court Judge Amy Totenberg, whilst Her Honor viewed the shenanigans being perpertrated by the State of ...
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Alex Halderman, Ph.D., ‘I Hacked An Election, So Can The Russians’

| | Election Fraud, Election Infosecurity, Election Manipulation, Elections, Information Security
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: https://www.infosecurity.us/blog/2018/4/18/alex-halderman-phd-i-hacked-an-election-so-can-the-russians ...
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: 'We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles'

The Fifty Million of Cambridge Analytica

| | Data Loss Prevention, Data Mining, data science, Data Sciences, Data That Wants To Be Big, data theft, Election Manipulation, Illicit Behavior, Information Security, security bloggers network
via Graham Cluley, writing at Graham Cluley.com comes an outstanding piece targeting the naughty boys and girls at Cambridge Analytica and (owned by both parent company Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL - a ...
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