#Mozilla issued an urgent #Firefox update to fix an actively exploited flaw
https://securityaffairs.com/169590/security/mozilla-firefox-actively-exploited-flaw.html
#securityaffairs #hacking

#FBI is investigating suspected #hacking attempts by #Iran targeting both a #Trump associate & advisers to the #Biden-#Harris campaign….
3 staffers on the Biden-Harris campaign received spear phishing emails that were designed to appear legitimate but could give an intruder access to the recipients’ comms [but they weren’t dumb enough to fall for it; unlike Trump/Vance apparently].

#HarrisWalz2024#Intelligence#NationalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/12/trump-hack-iran-fbi/

So far, investigators have not found evidence that the #Biden-#Harris #hacking attempts were successful….
The #FBI began the investigation in June, suspecting #Iran was behind the attempts to steal data from 2 US presidential campaigns. Agents contacted Google, among other companies, to discuss what appeared to be a #phishing effort targeting people associated w/the Biden campaign, these people said.

#HarrisWalz2024#Intelligence#NationalSecurity

#Iran uses fake news sites to interfere in #US #election
#Microsoft’s threat report cites efforts of different Iranian groups to run #InfluenceCampaigns aimed at #political #extremes.
#Iran has stepped up its efforts to interfere in the Nov #election & amp up US #polarization, incl through #hacking attempts & fake news sites aimed at the far left & far right, #Microsoft researchers said Fri in a report.
#MediaLiteracy#ForeignInfluenceCampaign#ElectionInterference#USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/09/iran-fake-news-microsoft-report/