Internet Voting Resources

Internet Voting

• Internet Voting: the National Security Risks (Soper, 2/13)
• Why Internet Voting is Dangerous (Simons, 2/16)
• NO to Calif. IV Initiatives (Soper, 2/16)
• When Will We Be Able to Vote Online? (Scientific American, 1/16)
• “There Is No Need For Internet Voting” (Kiniry, 9/15)
• iVote Advisory Committee, Final Report (Utah, 2/15)
• The Dangers of Internet Voting (von Spakovsky, 7/15)
• Election, Tech Experts to Obama: Yes, “We Need to Fix That,” But E-Voting Not the Answer (Verified Voting, 12/12)
• Internet Voting in the U.S. (ACM, 9/12)
• NIST: Internet voting not yet feasible (5/12)
• Computer Technologists’ Statement on Internet Voting (12/12)
• Internet voting not ready for elections, says DHS official (4/12)
• Internet Voting (CountedAsCast.com) (Soper, 11/11)
• Internet Voting In California? (7/11)
• Election Integrity Advocates Take On Internet Voting In California (Soper, 7/11)
• Security Considerations for Remote Electronic UOCAVA Voting (NIST, 2/11)
• Hacking the D.C. Internet Voting Pilot (U. Mich., 10/10)
• A Security Analysis of the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) (7/07)

Email Voting

• Hazards Of Email Voting (Jefferson, 4/17)
• AB 1403: Email Voting (Soper, 4/17)
• What About Email and Fax? (Jefferson, 2011)
• Email Voting: A National Security Threat in Government Elections (Jefferson, 6/11)
• Emailed Ballots: A Security Assessment (Jefferson, 6/10)

Computer Security Issues

• See the Ars Technica security page, WIRED Magazine’s security page, or DARKReading.com for the latest news.
• High-severity bug in OpenSSL allows attackers to decrypt HTTPS traffic (1/16)
• Huge Number Of Critical Flaws Revealed In Apple, Android, Linux And Oracle Systems (1/16)
• NSA Hacker Chief Explains How to Keep Him Out of Your System (1/16)
• How to Make Your Own NSA Bulk Surveillance System (WIRED, 1/16)
• Securing your website: A tough job, but someone’s got to do it (Ars Technica, 2/13)
• Viruses, Trojans, and worms, oh my: The basics on malware (2/13)
• Looking back: the five most important security stories of 2012 (Ars Technica, 12/12)
• 10 security stories that shaped 2012 (ZDNet, 2012)
• Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger (Ars Technica, 8/12)

Elections As Critical Infrastructure

• Statement by Secretary Jeh Johnson on the Designation of Election Infrastructure as a Critical Infrastructure Subsector (DHS, 1/17)
• Designation of Election Infrastructure as Critical Infrastructure (1/17)
• Statement by Secretary Johnson Concerning the Cybersecurity of the Nation’s Election Systems (DHS, 9/16)
• Targeting Activity Against State Board of Election Systems (FBI 8/16)

Elections

• “Ex-CIA director warns about problems Russians could cause in next election” (Woolsey, 3/17)
• “Enhanced Analysis of GRIZZLY STEPPE Activity” (DHS, 2/17)
• Google finds Iranians hacked on election eve (6/13)

Banking Online

• If I can shop and bank online, why can’t I vote online? (Jefferson, 11/11)
• Billion dollar bank heist foiled by hacker’s typo (The Telegraph, 3/16)
• Online banking fraud ‘up by 48%’ (BBC, 3/15)
• Online banking fraud increases by 71% in a year (9/14)
• Online Banking Fraud Made Simple (Banktech, 3/14)
• Cyber attacks against banks more severe than most realize (Reuters, 5/13)
• Banking malware is getting sneakier, security firms warn (PC World, 2/13)
• Federal Reserve hacked (Guardian, 2/13)
• Threat of mass cyberattacks on U.S. banks is real, McAfee warns (CNet, 12/12)
• Zeus botnet gang targets Charles Schwab accounts (10/10)
• Security researcher demonstrates ATM hacking (CNet, 7/10)

Blockchain (Bitcoin) Technology

• “Blockchains are useful, and can certainly be part of a secure voting solution. But they are only a small piece—they do an adequate job of solving an easy part of the security challenges in Internet voting, but nothing at all to solve the hard parts.” – Blockchains and Elections (10/16)
• “There have been many cases of bitcoin theft.” (Wikipedia)
• “Some malware can steal private keys for bitcoin wallets allowing the bitcoins themselves to be stolen.” (Wikipedia)
• “Theft of bitcoin has been documented on numerous occasions.“ (Wikipedia)
• Bitcoin rival Ethereum fights for its survival after $50 million heist (Ars Technica, 6/16)

Smartphones, Tablets

• The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle (2/15)
• SIM card makers hacked by NSA and GCHQ leaving cell networks wide open (Ars Technica, 2/15)

Economic Threats

• Cyberattacks Against U.S. Corporations Are on the Rise (5/13)
• Chinese cyber-espionage threatens U.S. economy, DoD says (5/12)
• NSA: China is Destroying U.S. Economy Via Security Hacks (3/12)

Estonia

• iVoting: The Estonia Experience Cannot Be an American Expectation …Anytime Soon (OSET, 12/14)
• Centre Party: e-voting should be banned (5/14)
• Security Analysis of the Estonian E-Voting System (U. Mich, Video, 5/14)
• Report on the Estonian Internet Voting System (Verified Voting, 9/11)

Specific, Non-Election But Serious “Exploits”

• Everything We Know About Ukraine’s Power Plant Hack (1/16)
• Crooks steal security firm’s crypto key, use it to sign malware (2/13)
• Facebook helps FBI foil $850m-cybercrime ring (12/12)
• FBI.gov hacked, 294 plain text passwords leaked by The Hackers Army (10/12)
• CIA Website Hacked, Struggles To Recover (2/12)
• Anonymous Fires Back at NATO with FBI Hack, Releases 400MB of Their Data (7/11)
• Pentagon admits suffering major cyber attack in March(3/11)
• NSA to Investigate Nasdaq Hack (3/11)

Videos

• NSA’s chief hacker explains how to keep the NSA out of your business (1/16)
• Security Analysis of the Estonian E-Voting System (U. Mich, 5/14)
• Internet Voting: Is Now The Time? (2/13, Dr. Barbara Simons, 1 hr)
• I Can Bank Online, Why Can’t I Vote Online? (1/13, TED Talk by Dr. Barbara Simons, 25 mins)
• Dr. Barbara Simons on Charlie Rose (10/12, 15 mins)
• Internet Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Come (8/12, Dr. Barbara Simons, 1 hr)
• All Your Devices Can Be Hacked (12/11, TED Talk by Dr. Avi Rubin, 17 mins)
• Electronic and Internet Voting: The Threat of Internet Voting in Public Elections (1/11, Google Tech Talk Dr. David Jefferson, 1:20)