On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump fired Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), just days after CISA called the recent presidential election the “most secure in American history.” In a tweet posted the same day, the President justified his removal of Krebs: “The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election … [Read more...]
November 18, 2020
September 28, 2020
Lock and Code S1Ep15: Investigating digital vulnerabilities in our physical world with Samy Kamkar
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Samy Kamkar, chief security officer and co-founder of Open Path, about the digital vulnerabilities in our physical world. If you look through a recent history of hacking, you’ll find the clear significance of experimentation. In 2015, security … [Read more...]
September 11, 2020
The informed voter’s guide to election cyberthreats
Singapore held its most recent general election on July 10 2020, and although they used the electoral system called first-past-the-post (FPTP), a scheme favored by the US, UK, and most English-speaking countries, the road leading to Election Day was not without challenges and obstacles. While all voters used paper ballots (thus removing the exposure to risk that comes with using electronic … [Read more...]
