Hacking

The FBI has dropped its legal action to force Apple to assist in unlocking the phone of one of the San Bernadino shooters. The agency says its found a technique to get into the phone without Apple's… Audio

In 2013 Katie Moussouris convinced Microsoft to do what many considered unthinkable. She got them to pay hackers bounties to find problems in their software. Now she's the chief policy officer for a… Audio

Representatives from some of New Zealand's largest companies are gathering in Wellington this week to hear from one the world's top cyber security experts, Kristopher Rush from the Software… Audio

Craig Young of TUANZ sheds some light on email hacking and how to protect yours. Audio

The deep psychological effects of the outting of cheaters on the Ashley Madison adultery website. Audio

Chris Valasek successfully hacked a Jeep Cherokee using only a laptop, taking over so that the driver no longer had any control. He's the Director of Vehicle Security Research at IOActive... the… Audio

Journalists Luke Harding, Nicky Hager and Richard King discuss freedom of speech in an era of big data, mass surveillance and the unauthorised release of information on a scale never before seen. The… Audio

In 2010 the US was waging warfare against Iran over its nuclear programme through a computer virus that affected a uranium enrichment plant. Stuxnet was the world's first digital weapon which was… Audio

Spark is waiting to hear if its customers' private data has been caught up in a mass-hacking by British and American spy agencies. Audio

In the United States, the Twitter account of the country's Central Command appears to have been hacked by a group claiming to back Islamic State. Audio

Peter Griffin reviews the cyber attack on Sony Pictures that led to the cancellation of the film 'The Interview'. Also Spark, Vodafone and Telstra will fund another trans-Tasman undersea internet… Audio

Peter Griffin reviews the cyber attack on Sony Pictures that led to the cancellation of the film 'The Interview'. Also Spark, Vodafone and Telstra will fund another trans-Tasman undersea internet… Audio

Kim Zetter of Wired.com on the extraordinary scrapping by Sony of its satirical film 'The Interview' following the hacking of its computers. The film is about an assassination attempt on North Korea's… Audio

As attacks on New Zealand computer networks increase by an estimated 60 percent a year, what's the best way to keep information safe from hackers, with minimal infringement on people's right to… Audio

From tonight party leaders can only wait until the vote is counted tomorrow night. In the last week there have been revelations about spying and speculation about what a post-election goverment might… Audio

Dirty tricks - power, politics and vasts amounts of money. Britain's phone-hacking scandal has made for a compelling story. In fact, George Clooney has just announced he's making a movie about it… Audio

Erika Pearson discusses hacking the cloud and wired cows. Audio

Facebook's annoying users with intrusive requests to sign up for its messaging app. Also the tech fallout and cybersecurity implications of Nicky Hager's new book 'Dirty Politics'. With Peter Griffin.

US digital activism and hacking researcher who took up a position with McGill University in January as the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy. Gabriella trained as an anthropologist… Audio