election
TrickBot Takedown, VPN Flaws, Zoom End-to-End Encryption
Tom Eston | | Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, election, encryption, end-to-end encryption, Episodes, Malware, Microsoft, Podcast, Privacy, Ransomware, TrickBot, US election, Vote, VPN, Weekly Edition, Zoom
In episode 143 for October 19th 2020: Microsoft gets creative to help take down the TrickBot botnet, details on how attackers have been using VPN flaws to attack election support systems, and ...
More Hospital Ransomware Attacks, FBI’s Disinformation Warning, Android 11 Privacy Features
Tom Eston | | android, Android 11, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, election, Episodes, FBI, google, healthcare, Mobile, Podcast, Privacy, Ransomware, UHS, Vote, voting, Weekly Edition
In episode 141 for October 5th 2020: Universal Health Services is the latest victim of a massive hospital ransomware attack, the FBI issues new warnings about false claims of hacked voter information, ...
This election year, the health of the Union depends on how we safeguard our information
Jonathan Reiber | | Blog, Citizenship, Cybersecurity, Democracy, disinformation, election, extremism, Harvard, Russia
Cybersecurity does not exist in a vacuum and current socio-economic pressures make the United States more vulnerable to cyberattacks of all kinds. With the U.S. presidential election underway, Americans need to take ...
Schools Under Cyberattack, Chrome Ad Blocking Update, US Election Interference
Tom Eston | | Biden, china, Chrome, COVID-19, cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, election, Episodes, google, Iran, Podcast, Privacy, Russia, school, Trump, Weekly Edition
In episode 138 for September 14th 2020: School districts under cyber-attack, Google Chrome’s new ad blocking feature, and Microsoft’s latest alert about foreign interference in the 2020 US election. ** Links mentioned ...
CISA Warns Election-Related Entities to Be on Watch for Phishing Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned election-related entities to be on the lookout for phishing attacks. In an insight piece published on September 10, CISA highlighted malicious actors’ preference ...
U.S. Elections: Effectively Balancing Access and Security
For a Democratic Party desperate to unseat President Trump in November, the primary election process has been filled with large-scale technology failure, official miscalculations, voter annoyance and public embarrassment, not to mention ...
Four Important Steps to Secure the United States 2020 Election
Tripwire Guest Authors | | cyberattack, election, government, IT Security and Data Protection, Malware
It’s an unfortunate reality that cyber attacks on the U.S. 2020 election are likely to happen. However, while this is a potent threat to democracy, an even greater threat is to not ...
Equifax Hacked by China, Israeli Voter Registry Exposed, How the CIA Owned Encryption
Tom Eston | | china, Chinese, CIA, Crypto AG, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, election, Election hacking, encryption, Hacking, israel, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, voting, Weekly Blaze Podcast
In episode 108 for February 17th 2020: The US charges four Chinese military hackers in the Equifax data breach, how Israel’s entire voter registry was exposed, and details on the encryption provider ...
But Their Emails: Many 2020 Campaigns Still Risk Phishing Attacks
Richi Jennings | | Cybersecurity, dmarc, education, election, email, Information Security, IT Security and Data Protection, Phishing, SB Blogwatch, security, Security News
Phishing is still a vector to attack presidential campaigns. Many 2020 campaigns still aren’t using best practice by implementing a proper DMARC policy ...
Security Boulevard
Study: Americans won’t vote for candidates who approve ransomware payments
Government officials’ decisions related to cybersecurity actively impact voting decisions among Americans, according to a recent study. Awareness about cyber-security among U.S. residents today so high that Americans are now using this ...