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Experts worry that the attackers behind the Mirai botnet are testing it out against Liberia before a larger scale attack on the US or Europe.

Experts who track the sale and development of malicious hacking tools say they've seen no evidence that criminal attackers are planning to target voting systems on Tuesday. 

One striking theme from Passcode's profile of 15 hackers under 15 years old: The kids all had a strong sense of ethics – and a desire to create a safer digital future for their peers – rather than create chaos online for pranks. 

Companies in critical sectors are linked by more than just the internet

Toby Feakin, director of the International Cyber Policy Centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, appears on the latest episode of The Cybersecurity Podcast. 

While it's unknown if the Facebook check-in campaign to support pipeline protesters at the Standing Rock is effective, it shows protesters are pushing back against online surveillance. 

The processes and technologies to prevent digital malfeasance like the Mirai botnet are largely clear —if we can work together

Researchers who combed through the Dark Web, a portion of the internet masked by anonymizing software, found that a majority of the content there is legal.   

Join us for a Privacy Lab talk on Monday, November 14 at 6:15 p.m. PDT for a discussion on evolving tends in digital privacy around the world.

At the Security of Things Forum in Washington, cybersecurity experts addressed the challenges of securing the Internet of Things after hackers shut down large segments of the web by taking advantage of insecure connected devices.

A new generation of cybersecurity prodigies breaks into networks – just to make them safer. Meet the young hackers trying to keep the web from tilting to the dark side. 

Scenes from Passcode’s capture the flag hacker challenge

After last week's cyberattack leveraged insecure internet-connected devices to wage a denial of service attack, many experts urged consumers to change passwords. But that alone won't solve the problem. 

At a hacking competition Passcode hosted in Washington, Phyllis Schneck said threats against critical infrastructure "keeps us up at night" – and encouraged young security researchers to partner with the government to help curtail the threat. 

On this bonus episode of The Cybersecurity Podcast, Passcode's Jack Detsch recaps the "Security of Things Forum" in Boston last month. 

The notion that the government needs to lower personnel standards to attract cybersecurity researchers just perpetuates stereotypes of hackers as basement-dwelling slobs.

The recent cyberattack that crippled much of the web last week took advantage of vulnerabilities in home products connected to the internet. Fixing those flaws is possible but it requires public action and industry cooperation. 

Why security experts are worried about Mirai – the software attackers use to create malicious networks out of ordinary connected devices – and how you can protect yourself. 

Buyers and sellers on the digital underground are trading healthcare records databases for as much as $200,000, according to a report from Intel Security. And that's at a discount. 

After a four-hour hacking competition organized by Passcode on Friday, October 21, the team from the University of Virginia emerged as the winners.