Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., (left) speaks with Voting Village co-organizer Harri Hursti. (Sean Lyngaas/ CyberScoop) Voting Village brings equipment to lawmakers to boost urgency on election security This time, they brought the equipment. Oct 29, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Wikimedia Commons) DEF CON Voting Village report explores vulnerabilities in ballot-marking devices, calls for paper-based audits The DEF Con Voting Village is calling for “more comprehensive studies” of equipment that is increasingly a part of the voter experience. Sep 26, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Stephen Valasco / Flickr) DEF CON Voting Village matures as industry keeps its distance The country's top three voting gear vendors were a no-show, but there was still plenty of enthusiasm at DEF CON's Voting Village. Aug 12, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(SecureDrop/Scoop News Group) Feds plan to use SecureDrop as a vulnerability reporting portal The plan is for DEF CON to host the servers for the vulnerability reporting, acting as a bridge between hackers and the government. Aug 9, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Brett Goldstein, foreground, goes after a target in the F-35 simulator on Aug. 9, 2019, in the Aviation Village at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas. (Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop) At DEF CON’s aviation village, the military is interested in more than just the hacks The Defense Digital Service's newly minted chief, Brett Goldstein, tells CyberScoop his team intends to use the DEFCON aviation village as a way to attract recruits to… Aug 9, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
Forescout Technologies researchers are highlighting weak protocols in commercial security cameras (Wikicommons). Camera obscura: Researchers say weak protocols are Achilles’ heel of surveillance cameras There are secure versions of data-transfer protocols used by the cameras, but they are rarely implemented. Jul 30, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) Popular genetic-mapping software potentially exposed patients’ data Analysts at Sandia National Laboratories discovered the flaw in the Burrows-Wheeler Aligner. A patch has been issued for the software. Jul 1, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas