Hacking and Anonymous surfing

Yesterday, we announced that Nokia Belle was making it to handsets across the globe on some of the already existing smartphone models, such as the Nokia N8 and Nokia C7 and Nokia C6-01. Heaps of you had questions about the new software and we thought w…

iPhone users whose devices have been stolen may soon get a little help from Apple when it comes to the problem of iMessages going to the pilfered phone. Ars has heard that Apple may be planning changes to the way iMessages are handled that will make it…

The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it’s not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA’s SecurID token.
“I think it’s cute,” says Kenneth Weiss, who now runs a…

As a business traveler, you typically can’t do your job without functional smartphones, laptops, power adapters and charging accessories. Add to this the stress of getting materials ready for meetings and deadlines and you can find yourself disconnecte…

RSA executive chairman Art Coviello said that if 2011 was the year of the attack, then 2012 will be the year of resiliency and adaptation within the industry.
In an open letter, Coviello said the company’s experiences of this year “have indeed made us …

Over the next five years, a combination of unique biological identity and biometric data, such as facial definitions, iris scans, and voice files, will replace the current user ID and password system for safeguarding personal identity and information, …

US cyber security analysts and experts have reported that 12 groups are behind the bulk of China-based cyber attacks stealing critical data from US companies and government agencies.
According to the Associated Press, the US often gives the attackers u…

Jacob “Jack” Goldman — the man who founded the lab that pretty much invented the personal computer as we know it — has died at age 90.
Goldman was the Xerox Chief Scientist who in 1969 proposed that the company create a pure research laboratory…

One day after releasing version 9 of its Firefox web browser, Mozilla on Wednesday issued Firefox 9.0.1 to address an issue with a bug fix that caused Windows, Mac and Linux users’ browsers to crash.
Mozilla remediated the problem by removing a faulty …

A new feature, called suggested events, began rolling out to users this afternoon. It provides users with a list of events they may want to attend, even if they were not explicitly invited.
According to TechCrunch, which picked up on the feature, the e…