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US Election Systems Vulnerability: Remote Access Threat

In the US, vote-counting computers used in government elections contained a security vulnerability which could have been used to affect election results. The systems, which were sold by Elections Systems & Software (ES&S), contained remote-access software and were sold between 2000 and 2006, with some machines still being used as late as 2011. . Election-management systems are not voting terminals - they are in county election offices and contain software that in some counties is used to program all the voting machines used in the county. The systems also tabulate final results from voting machines. The link for this article located at InfoSecurity is no longer available. . Election technology faces heightened scrutiny due to concerns about vote-counting machine reliability, raising alarms about hacking vulnerabilities and election result manipulation. Vote Counting Systems, Election Security, Government Vulnerabilities. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Exploring Software Flaws in Air Force Commercial Networks

ccording to Gilligan, a new vulnerability is discovered nearly every day in the commercial software products the Air Force uses – not just Microsoft, but also Linux, Oracle and Cisco Systems. "What we are now reaping is the unfortunate consequence of an era of software development in the 90s, when the rush to get the product to market overrode the importance of correctness in the quality of the software." . And in a time of "net-centric warfare," a highly reliable network is essential for the Air Force. "The military, as most organizations are, is increasingly using commercially developed software," he adds. "When it proves to have significant vulnerabilities, that could, at a minimum, deny us the ability to use that system. That's a big deal." The link for this article located at SC Magazine is no longer available. . In decentralized combat operations, dependable communication networks are crucial for the Navy's implementation of civilian software applications.. Military Software, Network Reliability, System Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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