New fraud concerns over Dutch ballot computers
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| The Dutch group believe the Sdu machines suffer from a
| potential weakness: they run under Windows XP using a
| wireless modem.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/05/new_fraud_concerns/
Related:
Wi-fi users largely insecure
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| While 77 per cent of respondents used anti-virus software and 72
| per cent used a firewall, only eight per cent encrypted their data
| and only 14 per cent used a secure, encrypted link to the internet.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35882
Alarm Raised for Critical Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver Flaw
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| The vulnerability, which exposed as part of the MoKB (Month of Kernel Bugs)
| project, is a stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS
| wireless device driver that could be exploited by attackers to take
| complete control of a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop.
|
| [...]
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| Microsoft's Windows operating system is exploitable without the
| existence of an access point or any interaction from the user.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061111/tc_zd/193827
Judge Rules Against Ballot Computer Check
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| A judge ruled Friday that the Democrat who narrowly lost the race to
| succeed Rep. Katherine Harris cannot examine the programming code of
| the electronic voting machines used in the disputed election.
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http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/judge-rules-against-ballot-computer/n20061229193309990007?ecid=RSS0001
http://tinyurl.com/y7jpoo
E-Voting Raises New Questions in Brazil
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| Some Brazilians are lobbying the tribunal to switch from Windows CE to
| an open-source operating system for the voting machines, since Microsoft
| Corp., citing trade secrecy, won't allow independent audits to make
| sure malicious programmers haven't inserted commands to "flip" votes
| from one candidate to another.
|
| [...]
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| Fontoura confirmed that Brazil is considering a move away from
| crosoft's proprietary code -- "We are studying the possibility of using an
| open-source program like Linux in future elections. This would make the
| entire process much more transparent and far less expensive," he said.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060929/brazil_electronic_voting.html?.v=2
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