It's The Season For A Lot Of Interesting Linux / Open-Source Conferences
There's been a number of recent Linux/open-source conferences but more are right on the horizon, including some with video streams for those interested.
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11-year-old hacker changes election results
At the DefCon Voting Village in Las Vegas last year, participants proved it was child’s play to hack voting machines: As Wired reported, within two minutes, democracy-tech researcher Carsten Schürmann used a novel vulnerability to get remote access to a WinVote machine.
#DEFCON Vote Hacking Village Refute NASS 'Unfair' Claims
DEFCON has hit back at criticisms levied at it by the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) over the introduction of an area designed to test voting machines.
#DEFCON DHS Says Collaboration Needed for Secure Infrastructure and Elections
Speaking at DEFCON 26 in Las Vegas on the subject of “Securing our Nation's Election Infrastructure”, Jeanette Manfra, assistant secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications from the Department of Homeland Security stressed the need for public and private sector collaboration.
#DEFCON Government Attacks and Surveillance Continue to Increase
Speaking at DEFCON to deliver research on “a comprehensive list of Nation-State Big Brothers,” security researcher Eduardo Lzycki said that there had been an increased number of governments both censoring and shutting down online services, as well as acquiring cyber espionage and offensive tools.
NSA Brings Nation-State Details to DEF CON
DEF CON 26 - Las Vegas - For a brief time on Friday morning, "Spot the Fed" was the easiest game to play at DEF CON. That's because the fed was standing on a stage, talking to thousands of attentive hackers and attendees here.
