In the 2016, we saw how foreign powers could affect US elections. Now the nation is scrambling to secure the system in the midst of a pandemic.
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Election Engineering: How US Experts Are Making Sure Your Vote Will Count
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Hackers From Russia, China, Iran Are Targeting Presidential Campaigns, Microsoft Warns
Hacking attempts against people associated with the Biden and Trump campaigns were unsuccessful, Microsoft says, but the company is urging everyone involved in the 2020 elections to stay on guard.
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Is That Call Legit or Spam? 'Verified Calls' From Google Will Tell You
Rolling out now to the Phone app on Android, the function will also display legitimate calls with a 'Verified' badge, indicating Google has authenticated the caller is a real business and not a fraudster.
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Federal Agencies Ordered to Make It Easier for Hackers to File Bug Reports
Federal agencies don't make it clear how to report security problems, and the feds aren't good at letting people know a bug report has been received. Under new guidelines, they have until March to get their acts together.
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Apple Delays iOS 14 Privacy Change Meant to Rein in Targeted Ads
Third-party apps will not be required to obtain permission to track users until early next year instead of this fall when iOS 14 first roll outs.
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Nonprofit Behind Tor Browser Asks for Corporate Sponsors to Help It Stay Afloat
After a round of layoffs in April, the Tor Project looks to corporate sponsors for financial help, but these benefactors will have no say in the group's decisions, it says.
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Windows Computers Account for 83% of All Malware Attacks in Q1 2020
AV Test shows that Windows computers are the most vulnerable to malware attacks and are targeted more than any other operating system.
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Tesla Targeted in Hack From Russian Who Tried to Pay Employee to Plant Malware
An unnamed employee at Tesla’s 'Gigafactory' in Sparks, Nevada apparently helped the FBI to arrest the Russian national who wanted to steal data from the automaker.
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A Major Piracy Group That Bootlegged Blu-Ray Movies and TV Shows is Dismantled
The group pulled off their piracy by claiming they were home video retailers and then tricking DVD and Blu-ray wholesale distributors into supplying them the discs weeks prior to the actual release dates.
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Russian Charged With Trying to Recruit Employee to Plant Malware in US Company
According to the FBI, Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov promised to pay as much as $1 million to the employee to help his shadowy group steal data from a Nevada-based company for ransom purposes.
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Thousands of Cheap Android Phones in Africa Were Pre-Installed With Malware
The hard-to-remove Triada malware was getting preinstalled on thousands of Tecno W2 handsets from a Chinese company called Transsion, according to security research from Upsteam Systems.
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University of Utah Pays Ransomware Hackers Despite Having Backups
The school decided to pay over $457,000 to the hackers in order to prevent them from leaking private information stolen in the attack.
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Report: AI Company Leaks Over 2.5M Medical Records
The leaked data relates to car accidents and includes names, insurance records, medical diagnosis notes, and payment records.
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New Mac Malware Spreads Via Xcode Projects From Software Developers
The attack can spread to other developers' Mac computers in the event they run or incorporate the malicious Xcode project into their own software products.
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US Seizes 300 Cryptocurrency Accounts For Helping Terrorists Raise Funds
The terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda and Hamas's military wing have been using cryptocurrencies to take donations through their online fundraising activities, federal officials say.
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