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[Axios] Why the deepfakes threat is shallow

Despite the sharp alarms being sounded over deepfakes — uncannily realistic AI-generated videos showing real people doing and…

[Axios Newsletter] Codebook

State and city election boards have spent the better part of 3 years hardening their systems for a…

[POLITICO] The cost of replacing paperless voting machines

Pennsylvania counties replacing their paperless voting machines with ballot-marking devices are paying nearly twice as much as those…

[The Hill] Ex-CIA chief worries campaigns falling short on cybersecurity

Democratic 2020 presidential campaigns say they are working to boost their cybersecurity, but experts worry those efforts may…

[USA Today] Deepfake 2020: New artificial intelligence is battling altered videos before elections

Deepfakes are video manipulations that can make people say seemingly strange things. Barack Obama and Nicolas Cage have…

[ITProToday] Black Hat 2019: Election Security Gets Top Billing at Black Hat, Def Con

Leading experts and hackers, members of congress and vendors all had something to say about what can be…

[CyberWire] Daily briefing

We heard speakers in several sessions at Def Con urge that those professionally involved with cybersecurity also involve…

[BBC News] In fighting deep fakes, mice may be great listeners

As part of the evolving battle against “deep fakes” - videos and audio featuring famous figures, created using…

[PC Magazine] Detecting Deepfakes May Mean Reading Lips

At the Black Hat security conference, researchers evaluated the deepfake detection tools currently available and released their own…

[HelpNet Security] ZeroFOX’s new AI capabilities improve detection of deepfake videos

ZeroFOX, the leading provider of advanced artificial intelligence-powered digital risk protection, announced at Black Hat USA 2019 the…

[Security Guy TV] Black Hat USA 2019 Live from Las Vegas

[Dark Reading ]Dark Reading News Desk Live at Black Hat USA 2019

UPDATE -- The Dark Reading video News Desk has returned to Black Hat, bringing you more than 30…