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Microsoft to roll out free software to guard the U.S. voting machines

Ascent_infosec24 Jul, 2019News

Microsoft announced that it would give away software designed to improve the security of US voting machines, even as said to have tracked 781 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries targeting political organizations so far this election cycle. The company said it was rolling out the free, open-source software product called ElectionGuard, which it said uses encryption to �enable a new era of secure, verifiable voting.� The company is working with election machine vendors and local governments to deploy the system in a pilot program for the 2020 election.

US Mayors Vow to Reject Ransomware Payment Demands

Ascent_infosec24 Jul, 2019News

The U.S. Conference of Mayors has unanimously resolved not to give in to any ransom demands from the hackers. This is coming after a series of cyber shakedowns that have extorted millions from city governments. Considering the number of ransomware targeting cities and municipalities has grown both in frequency and intensity, the resolution, while not legally binding, establishes an official position that U.S. mayors aren�t going to take it anymore.