Black Hat 2020: Influence Campaigns Are a Cybersecurity Problem
An inside look at how nation-states use social media to influence, confuse and divide — and why cybersecurity researchers should be involved.
Government
U.S. Offers Reward of $10M for Info Leading to Discovery of Election Meddling
Government hopes to avoid interference in the upcoming November presidential vote with a hefty reward.
Black 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.
The agency known for its own questionable surveillance activity advised how mobile users can limit others’ ability to track where they are.
Starting Sept. 1, Google will crack down on misinformation, a lack of transparency and the ability to amplify or circulate politically influential content.
Three have been charged in alleged connection with the recent high-profile Twitter hack – including a 17-year-old teen from Florida who is the reported “mastermind” behind the attack.
Algorithms clocked error rates of between 5% to 50% when comparing photos of people wearing digitally created masks with unmasked faces.
The U.S. government and tech companies continue to butt heads over the idea of encryption and what that means for law enforcement.
Power plants, factories, oil and gas refineries and more are all in the sights of foreign adversaries, the U.S. warns.
A federal judge in California ruled that the spyware vendor does not have sovereign immunity.
