Technology

What the Yahoo case says about Russian spies

A wanted poster for Dmitry Aleksandrovich, who is already in jail.

Dokuchaev's rare achievement in being wanted by both the US and Russian authorities sheds light on what is widely said in the West to be "state-sponsored Russian hacking".

Don't lose your cool over the DIY smart home

The DIY smart home can leave you dumbfounded, so make sure you do your research.

After two months without aircon, the only thing that stood between my family and a decent night's sleep was a smart wall switch which insisted on playing dumb – but in the end the switch wasn't to blame.

Is your teddy bear watching you?

Hacking protection 101: the aluminium hat.

So, after the Wikileaks dump earlier this month of a portion of the CIA playbook for cracking digital comms, it turns out that agencies like the CIA and MI5 do, in fact, conduct spying, and that they will use pervasive technology such as smart phones and internet-connected smart devices to achieve their ends.