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In a week filled with horror across the globe that is hard to imagine, a much smaller conflict has erupted that has much more sweeping insinuations that most people realize. The Sony hack, which started with leaked films and has ended with terrorist threats, has led to a film being pulled out of theaters before its release. This is why you should care.

There have been stories about potential smartphone hacks for awhile, but they have been confined mostly to criminals out to steal data. Now we have confirmation that the NSA - and by extension other agencies - are able to directly hack into iPhones, Android devices and even Blackberries, which were once thought to be more safe.

A man from the West Bank who came across a security flaw in the Facebook privacy system used an unorthodox method of showing that it was real. But he won't be getting his payday for the discovery.

If you thought a simple phone is not vulnerable, you got it wrong. Today a report from The New York times explains how a German mobile security expert found in the technology that is used to encrypt SIM cards.