We knew this was coming.
Iranian Hackers Target Trump
Campaign as Threats to 2020 Mount
The
2020 presidential election is still 13 months away, but already
Iranians are following in the footsteps of Russia and have begun
cyberattacks aimed at disrupting the campaigns.
Microsoft
said on Friday that Iranian hackers, with apparent backing
from the government,
had made more than 2,700 attempts to identify the email accounts of
current and former United States government officials, journalists
covering political campaigns and accounts associated with a
presidential campaign.
Though
the company would not identify the presidential campaign involved,
two people with knowledge of the hacking, who were not allowed to
discuss it publicly, said it was President Trump’s.
In
addition to Iran, hackers from Russia and North Korea have started
targeting organizations that work closely with presidential
candidates, according to security researchers and intelligence
officials.
Phone
Phreaks called this a ‘harmonica bug.’
Signal
Bug Could Have Let Hackers Listen to Android Users Via Microphone
On
Friday, a researcher at Google's elite
vulnerability hunting team Project Zero published
details about an issue in the Android version of Signal. The bug
allowed a hacker to phone a target device, and the call would be
answered without the recipient needing to even accept the call,
essentially letting the hacker listen-in on the victim.
Have
they bothered to ask?
FBI
investigating if attempted 2018 voting app hack was linked to
Michigan college course
… The
sources told CNN that the FBI is investigating a person or people who
tried to hack the app as a part of a University of Michigan election
security course. Michigan is one of the main academic hubs of
election security research in the country, housing the trailblazing
Michigan Election Security Commission.
… He
added that "no legal conclusions whatsoever have been made
regarding the conduct of the activity or whether any federal laws
were violated."
Otherwise,
we couldn’t run any political ads.
Facebook
says Trump can lie in his Facebook ads
Last
week, Facebook quietly changed the language of its advertising
policies to make it easier for politicians to lie in ads.
On
Tuesday, the Trump campaign launched a new ad on Facebook, which
includes a claim that was ruled false by Facebook-approved
third-party fact-checkers. On the surface, such an ad appears to
violate Facebook's rules against false content in ads. But Facebook
quietly amended its policy on "misinformation" in
advertising, allowing it to accept nearly any from a politician,
including this new one from the Trump campaign.
In
the last week, the Trump campaign has exponentially
increased its Facebook spending, shelling out over
$1.5 million for ads.
Does
approval of this App have the potential to get Apple banned in China?
Apple
Approves Controversial Hong Kong App After Rejection
Apple
Inc.’s
App Store reversed a recent decision to reject a Hong Kong app that
shows police activity in the midst of increasingly
violent pro-democracy
protests in the city.
Would
that also apply to Denver’s Light Rail?
Do
I need ID to ride a train?
We’ve
been trying for years to find out what the real story is with respect
to ID
requirements for travel by train,
especially on Amtrak.
Amtrak
and Greyhound ID policies and practices are
of paramount importance to the mobility of undocumented people and
people who, whether or not they are eligible for or have chosen to
obtain government-issued ID credentials, don’t want to show their
papers to government agents as a condition of exercising their right
to freedom of movement.
Amtrak
and Greyhound policies and practices will become even more important
if the government and/or airlines further restrict air travel by
people who don’t have, or don’t show, ID credentials that comply
with the REAL-ID
Act.
The
latest responses to our requests for Federal and state public records
reveal more about passenger railroad policies and practices, but
still don’t give a clear answer.
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