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Voting machines are still plagued with vulnerabilities as midterms loom
Def Con's Voting Village unearthed a number of voting machine flaws.
New lawsuit shows your phone is unsafe at American borders
CBP = Customs and Border Profiling
Dozens of kids hack election site replicas in just minutes
They changed candidate names and vote counts.
Security flaws could open body cameras up to hacks
Some devices could allow footage to be doctored.
Android exploit targeted apps' shoddy use of external storage
The 'man-in-the-disk' attack could install malware or block real apps.
Elaborate hack turned Amazon Echo speakers into spies
Thankfully, you weren't likely to see it in the wild.
Machine learning can 'fingerprint' programmers
It could identify hackers and plagiarists, but it could also hurt privacy.
When your Uber driver is a spy
Another attack vector brought to you by the gig economy.
DNC-led Def Con event tests election websites against child hackers
The kid that devises the best cybersecurity strategy will win $2,500.
When China hoards its hackers everyone loses
The country is MIA at one of the year's most important security competitions.
Voting-machine makers are already worried about Defcon
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DefCon event shows how easy it is to hack voting systems
Officials need to rethink their use of digital voting systems.
Your timely reminder: Not all hacking requires a computer
How the Def Con Telephreak challenge is a reminder that all some people need is a phone to bring down a company.
FBI arrests UK security researcher who stopped WannaCry outbreak (updated)
Security researcher Marcus Hutchins was in Las Vegas, attending the Def Con security conference.
44The exquisite art and subculture of Def Con’s (unofficial) badges
It’s all about the #badgelife.
Now doctors need to be hackers, too
The Cyber Med Summit showed how patient safety is on life support.
Rudy Giuliani will advise Trump on cybersecurity
But the former NYC mayor doesn't have the best track record on such matters.
21The incredibly intricate badges of Def Con
Hackers spend all year creating the world’s coolest conference badges.
