Hackers, trolls and the fight over your vote in the 2018 midterm elections | Cyber Security
It’s not as intense as in 2016, as far as we know. But there are plenty of indications that the hacking and social media manipulation techniques used…
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How the dark web could hurt the midterm elections | Cyber Security
The dark web isn’t a place, it’s a network. Like the normal internet we use every day, the dark web is loaded with websites, wikis, e-commerce…
Instagram will promote mid-term voting with stickers, registration info | Social
Facebook is getting ready to purposefully influence the U.S. mid-term elections after spending two years trying to safeguard against foreign…
How to hack the midterm election with social media Tech| Social
Campaign 2018: Election Hacking is a weekly series from CBS News & CNET about the cyber-threats and vulnerabilities of the 2018 midterm election.…
US intelligence officials reportedly say sources in Russia have gone quiet ahead of the midterm…
caption The Kremlin is pictured above in Moscow on March 7, 2017. source Spencer Platt/Getty Sources in the Kremlin and close to Russian…
Microsoft Detects More Russian Cyber Attacks Ahead of Mid-Term Election | Cyber Security
Microsoft claims to have uncovered another new Russian hacking attempts targeting United States’ Senate and conservative think tanks ahead of the…
36 states are using this hacking detection sensor to protect the midterm elections | Cyber Security
Voting booths. (GREGG NEWTON/AFP/Getty Images) GREGG NEWTON/AFP/Getty Images The US is beefing up voter system security in preparation for the…
Facebook has discovered a ‘coordinated’ campaign of misinformation accounts ahead of the U.S.…
Facebook says it doesn’t know who is behind the campaigns, but Russia seems like a good guess.
Facebook has removed dozens of pages that were using…
Facebook Removes Dozens of Accounts Seeking to Interfere With Midterm Elections – Info…
Facebook has identified and removed more than two dozen accounts involved in “inauthentic behavior,” or what can be described as part of a coordinated…
Microsoft Says Russia Tried to Hack Three 2018 Midterm Election Candidates – Info CCrime
Microsoft said it detected and helped the US government to block Russian hacking attempts against at least three congressional candidates this year,…