Google shuts down nation-state activity, thwarts phishing, names Iran
The company, working with FireEye, found technical and IP information related to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
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White House pans Election Security Act
The White House said DHS already has the authority to assist states in protecting elections.
Facebook bans MyPersonality app, notifies 4 million users affected
The social media company banned the app in a purge that saw 400 additional apps suspended.
DNC voter database ‘hack’ false alarm
Volunteers working with the Michigan Democratic Party were simply simulating a phishing test against the voter database.
DNC spurns hack on voter database
The Democratic National Committee foiled an attempted spearphishing attack aimed at hacking its voter database hosted on Votebuilder after receiving an alert Tuesday from security firm Lookout. The would-be attackers had created a fake login page in an attempt to snag credentials that could be used to access the database. “Lookout’s phishing AI detection discovered…
Facebook purges hundreds of pages, accounts for ‘coordinated, inauthentic activity’
Many of the pages, groups and accounts originated in Russia and Iran and targeted persons in the U.S., U.K., Middle East and Latin America.
Cohen keen on talking to Mueller about ‘subjects of interest,” including Russia hacking
Attorney Lanny Davis, said Michael Cohen is willing to share whether or not President Trump knew in advance about Russia’s hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Microsoft rebuffed Fancy Bear attempts to target candidates, conservative think tanks
Microsoft petitioned a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia to take control of six websites, some of which used misleading domains such as “senate.group,” and “adfs-senate.email.”
Phishing attack on Augusta University Health leads to breach exposing info on 400K persons
The university discovered the intrusion by an unauthorized third party on the day after it first occurred, but only realized data had been breached through a report from outside security investigators on July 31.
Former CIA chiefs rally behind Brennan after Trump revokes security clearance
The former CIA directors said clearances should be revoked for security reasons, not political differences.
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