Let’s get this out of the way quickly. Yes, you are being tracked, and your smartphone does listen to you. Google and Facebook, along with advertisers and ISPs, all constantly spy on your phone’s activity. This isn’t just happening to…
Hacking used to be restricted to sci-fi stories, or those told by early computer nerds who reckoned they had ‘hacked’ the FBI, or their local library. The threat level was a lot lower back when the internet was taking its…
Security is the buzzword on everyone’s lips at the moment. Whether it’s talk about the infamous (or famous, depending on your political slant and point of view) Edward Snowden, the Ashley Madison leaks ,or the massive ransomware attack that crippled…
One of the most oft-cited pieces of advice bandied by teachers, parents, bosses and other well-meaning figures of authority is ‘work smarter, not harder.’ Even though these people must know almost no one is paying attention they just keep on…
Is there anything more disheartening then discovering that you’ve been the victim of a data breach? When you realize that a hacker has accessed your most sensitive information, your emotions run the gamut from fear and panic to anger and…
I’m honestly just so tired of hearing about hackers, don’t they have anything better to do. Why not use their skills to do something good? They’re hurting innocent people who never did anything to them, it just makes no sense…
When the world turned against Wikileaks, the hacking community turned against the world. However, the hackers did not simply strike back at the offending parties. Instead, they went after a financial base by attacking Mastercard and Paypal. And in doing…
