Technology

    ZhouHacking is the new spying. And, as we've learned time and time again, both government and private organizations are using cyber-spy techniques to gain as much intelligence as they can. But getting this data can be difficult. In fact, some of the most previous of digital information is safeguarded by machines that have no contact with the outside world. So can this internet-less data be hacked? Well, yes. With some help from the research of the security firm Kaspersky Lab, as well as some of our own personal digging, here's a look into some of the insane and creepy technologies used to hack offline devices. Both the US and the USSR have spent decades looking into the electromagnetic radiation that an electronic device emits. Kaspersky Lab writes that once a device...

    The 23-year old man, wanted on forgery charges, was arrested after he “liked” the local his wanted poster on the Cascade County Crimestoppers Facebook page. Reardon was one of the most wanted local criminals, having been accused of stealing a wallet and cashing forged cheques. Police, who had been stumped in their efforts to find him, turned to social media to enlist the public’s help. They were perhaps slightly surprised to find a “like” posting from Levi Charles Reardon. Apparently he realised he had made a mistake and tried to scrub his posting. However the Great Falls Tribune had already grabbed a screenshot and Reardon was arrested a week ago. Facebook has been the downfall of a few would-be criminal masterminds in the US who might be well advised to choose anoth...

    The new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and S6 smartphones are already a hit, company insiders say - with company mobile chief JK Shin saying it may struggle to meet demand for the curved Edge version. Samsung’s UK mobile head Conor Pierce said that the firm had aimed for ‘beauty’ with the new handset. With response to last year’s S5 mixed, the company described the pre-order numbers for the devices as 'overwhelmingly healthy'. But how does Samsung's glamorous S6 Edge stack up against its direct rival, Apple’s current iPhone 6? We break it down below. That curved edge The unique selling point of the S6 Edge is a curved edge with a display running down the side. Samsung freely admits that it’s a bit of a gimmick - but it is something no iPhone can do, with a bezel-less screen stretch...