Imagine for a moment the following scenario: you're the manager for a busy bank branch in a major city. You come back from lunch and are told by one of your employees that someone from corporate IT dropped by to check on a reported problem with a branch PC. You don't remember putting in a trouble ticket with IT, but apparently the guy left after looking

Update: Sharyl Attkisson has contacted Ars with comments, corrections and clarifications. We've integrated factual corrections into the story, as well as her comments—and citations and our own analysis in response to those comments where appropriate.Sharyl Attkisson was hacked. The computers used by the former CBS News investigative reporter were found to

Apple executives never mentioned the word "security" during the unveiling of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6+, and Apple Watch yesterday, choosing to focus on the sexier features of the upcoming iOS 8 and its connections to Apple's iCloud service. But digital safety is certainly on everyone's mind after the massive iCloud breach that resulted in many celebrity nude

It was May of 2012 at a security conference in Calgary, Alberta, when professor Ron Deibert heard a former high-ranking official suggest he should be prosecuted.This wasn't too surprising. In Deibert's world, these kinds of things occasionally get whispered through the grapevine, always second-hand. But this time he was sitting on a panel with John Adams,