DNC officials and Lookout believed a spoofed site was built to harvest authentication details for the Democratic voter database.

The DNC thwarts a phishing effort aimed at its voter database, days after Microsoft’s Fancy Bear disruption and Facebook’s efforts against Iranian propaganda.

The targets were scanned millions of times, and are all in some way linked to China’s ongoing economic development activities, according to Recorded Future.

Respondents in a survey from Venafi said they believe voting machines, encrypted communications from polling stations and databases that store voter registration data are all vulnerable.

The Threatpost team debriefs on the top news and topics from last week’s Black Hat and DEF CON conferences.

Mike Murray, vice president of security intelligence at Lookout, discusses how mobile is redefining phishing, taking it out of the traditional inbox and into SMS and Facebook messages.

Three people believed to be member of the FIN7 (or Carbanak) hacking group have been arrested in Europe, according to the US DOJ.

A suspicious WhatsApp message carried the mobile cyberweapon known as Pegasus – sold by Israel-based company NSO Group to state-level actors around the world.

Despite a looming deadline, over a quarter of federal agencies are still not using basic email security tools. `

Threatpost sat down with Payton to discuss ongoing concerns around the security of the upcoming election cycle, where the weak links are and the Russian playbook.