Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 15

CISPA explained in one GIF

CISPA explained in one GIF

Welcome to Thursday; it’s going to be this way all day. All. Damn. Day.

It’s okay; we’ll get through it together. Just you, me, and this bottomless vat of caffeine and smart drugs. Hey, why did people who used smart drugs wear such stupid outfits, anyway?

Where was I? Pass me the caffeine. No, I am NOT sweating. Pass me the caffeine.

I’m fine. I’m fine. WHAT?

Download o’ the Day: NSA’s spy tools for cellphones (CentreForAirPowerStudies)

1975 Video: CIA Admits to Congress the Agency Uses Mainstream Media to Distribute Disinfo (TruthStreamMedia)

Keystroke sniffer hides as a wall wart (Hackaday)

RIP adolescence? Radio Shack may be headed for bankruptcy (CNN)

Facebook Doesn’t Know You’re Faking It (TheAtlantic)

A White Man Committed Europe’s Worst Terror Attack in the Past 10 Years (WarIsBoring)

Fired Wall Streeter makes lateral move to porn (Dealbreaker)

AQAP Claim of Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack Illustrates Group’s Reach, Planning (Insite)

Roberto Saviano: My life under armed guard (Guardian)

Stallone just felt a cold chill. First artificial human muscle grown in lab (Kurzweil)

4 detainees to be released from GITMO to custody in Oman (DepartmentOfDefense)

Skype in Sextortion Shocker! (TheRegister)

The fight to publish mugshots, as expressed in court documents (TheMarshallProject)

The Bitcoin Bottoming-Out Blues (CoinTelegraph)

Piracy notices boost demand for anonymous VPNs in Canada (TorrentFreak)

The Murder Of A Man I Knew And The Guardian’s Quest Against Ecuador (ImportantCool)

Russia bans Bitcoin news sites (CoinDesk)

 

Featured CISPA infographic by AnonAutopsy on Twitter



Categories: Aaron Swartz, Activism, Anonymous, Attack, Bitcoin, Canada, Crime, Cryptocurrency, Cyber, FBI, File Sharing, Fraud, Hackers, Hacktivism, Keylogger, Media, News, NSA, Politics

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