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On this episode of The Cybersecurity Podcast, New America's Peter Singer and Passcode's Sara Sorcher interview Thomas Rid, a war studies professor at King's College, about his new book, "Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History."

During the last two presidential debates, Donald Trump cast doubt on US claims that Russia carried out cyberattacks on political organizations. But without clear evidence from the government, how can the public really be sure it was Moscow? 

Now that the Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence officially accused the Russian government of conducting cyberattacks on US political targets, will the administration retaliate?

At an event in Boston this week, Michael Flynn, a senior Trump adviser, said he is convinced that Russia was behind hacks into the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee.

Following Edward Snowden's leaks, the arrest of another former National Security Agency contractor who worked with the Washington firm Booz Allen Hamilton highlights the challenges the intelligence community faces in screening employees and contractors.

Criminal hackers have shown they can take over connected home devices and turn them into zombie networks that carry out debilitating online attacks. 

Fraudsters are trying to trick victims of the massive Yahoo data breach into paying for bogus tech support.

If the United States does not officially attribute state-sponsored cyberattacks and cedes the field to private companies or other states, it risks losing control of both the narrative about particular cyberattacks and the evolving norms of cyberspace.

In the first installment in an occasional series about ethical hackers, Passcode profiles one of India's most successful freelance cybersecurity researchers known for finding – and helping fix – serious flaws in Facebook.

A Russian cybersecurity firm exploited changes in iPhone and iPad software to expose passwords used to protect encrypted data. Experts say it's a technique that law enforcement could use to break into Apple products.

After the Yahoo breach exposed personal data about 500 million users, many people are looking for ways to protect themselves online. That's where password managers come in. 

After an unprecedented online assault took down cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs's influential cybersecurity blog, he was able to return to the web because of a new service that protects journalists and activists from online censorship. 

In the final stretch of the presidential campaign, there's growing concern hackers could strike on Election Day. But while there are concerns about cybersecurity at polling places, altering an election is another matter altogether.

In light of the Yahoo breach, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton owe the American public an explanation for how they'll protect their personal data.

At the first presidential debate Monday, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton blamed Russia for hacking the Democratic National Committee, while Donald Trump refused to point the finger at Moscow. 

After an investment firm released apparent digital flaws in a company's products to profit on Wall Street, experts worry that security researchers may prioritize quick gains over public safety.

The 'Snowden' biopic is reviving the global privacy debate. But for anyone who thinks it's dead, the notion that individuals want control over their personal information is hardly passé.

The massive scale of the credential thefts at Yahoo, LinkedIn, and the other internet firms has focused attention on the seeming inability of American companies to secure their networks against foreign and domestic adversaries.

Travis Goodspeed, an independent cybersecurity researcher, says tinkering leads to better cybersecurity.

Robert Silvers, assistant secretary for cybersecurity at Homeland Security, said the agency is helping states fortify voting systems against digital tampering before November's presidential election.