Wisc. GOP’s $2.3M MAGA Hat Debacle Showcases Fraud Concerns
Scammers bilked Wisconsin Republicans out of $2.3 million in a basic BEC scam — and anyone working on the upcoming election needs to pay attention.
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Halloween News Wrap: The Election, Hospital Deaths and Other Scary Cyberattack Stories
Threatpost breaks down the scariest stories of the week ended Oct. 30 haunting the security industry — including bugs that just won’t die.
Read MoreElection Security: How Mobile Devices Are Shaping the Way We Work, Play and Vote
With the election just a week away, cybercriminals are ramping up mobile attacks on citizens under the guise of campaign communications.
Read MoreElection Security: Beyond Mail-In Voting
There are many areas of the election process that criminal hackers can target to influence election results.
Read MoreCybercriminals Step Up Their Game Ahead of U.S. Elections
Ahead of the November U.S. elections, cybercriminals are stepping up their offensive in both attacks against security infrastructure and disinformation campaigns – but this time, social media giants, the government and citizens are more prepared.
Read MoreBiden Campaign Staffers Targeted in Cyberattack Leveraging Anti-Virus Lure, Dropbox Ploy
Google’s Threat Analysis Group sheds more light on targeted credential phishing and malware attacks on the staff of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
Read MoreElection Systems Under Attack via Microsoft Zerologon Exploits
Cybercriminals are chaining Microsoft’s Zerologon flaw with other exploits in order to infiltrate government systems, putting election systems at risk, a new CISA and FBI advisory warns.
Read MoreDisinformation Spurs a Thriving Industry as U.S. Election Looms
Threat actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated in launching disinformation campaigns – and staying under the radar to avoid detection from Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.
Read MoreBlack Hat 2020: In a Turnaround, Voting Machine Vendor Embraces Ethical Hackers
Voting machine technology seller Election Systems & Software (ES&S) offered an olive branch to security researchers with new safe harbor terms and vulnerability disclosure policies at Black Hat USA 2020.
Read MoreBlack Hat 2020: Scaling Mail-In Voting Spawns Broad Challenges
Voting Village security celeb Matt Blaze delves into the logistics of scaling up mail-in voting ahead of November’s election.
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