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Carper pushes DHS for elections to be classified critical infrastructure

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Aug

2016

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del), the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is pushing the Department of Homeland Security to reclassify elections as critical infrastructure. In a letter sent Monday to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, Carper writes “Designating election systems as critical infrastructure could improve and expand our nation’s ability to prevent and to […]

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Many bluetooth smart locks open easily for attackers

10

Aug

2016

Security researchers used the recent Def Con hackers’ convention to show just how easily some Bluetooth-based smart locks can be opened. Researchers Ben Ramsey and Anthony Rose of Merculite Security took a look at 16 smart locks from companies such as Ceomate, Elecycle, iBlulock, Mesh Motion, Okidokey, Plantraco, Quicklock, and Vians. Ramsey and Rose discovered that […]

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Spearphishing: It’s Curiosity That Makes Them Click

10

Aug

2016

Researchers prove that people can be fooled just because they want to know what’s on the other end of that email. Here are three steps you can take without spending too much money. If it was curiosity that killed the cat, it can also be the reason organizations can experience a costly spear phishing attack. […]

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