Month: November 2015

Early Sunday morning, activists with Avaaz set out a sea of donated shoes in the Place de la République, representing the thousands who were outlawed from marching in the streets. (Photo: Joe Solomon)

Thousands Defy French Ban on Public Protest – Demand Liberté and Action at #COP21

By raincoaster on November 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

This report and the photos come to us from our old friend Joe Solomon, who is on the scene in Paris for the Climate Talk protests, and originally appeared on Common Dreams. The day began at dawn, as Avaaz and… Read More ›

Geek Gifts for Cyber Monday!

By raincoaster on November 30, 2015 • ( 2 )

Happy Cyber Monday, kittens! We’ve scoured the depths of the Internet (or at least those parts of it that will give us a kickback) for the finest in geek gift items. Let no man say we are not servicey at… Read More ›

Glitch Angel by Christopher Shuman in Glitch Artists Collective

Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Nov 27

By raincoaster on November 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

Happy Friday, kittens! A fraught week it has been, and that’s not even counting the family scene at Thanksgiving! Let’s pray that upcoming holidays are less dramatic. May you live in uninteresting times, kittens! But not just yet, as our… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia Is Set to Behead 50 Men on Terrorism Charges

By raincoaster on November 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

More than 50 men are set to be beheaded by court executioners in Saudi Arabia…the date and time are uncertain, but what is certain is that this mass execution is likely to include both 21-year-old Ali Mohammad Al-Nimr and his uncle, Nimr… Read More ›

Hardware Hacker’s Black Friday / Cyber Monday Guide

By raincoaster on November 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

A good roundup of what’s hot in online sales right now. Do your holiday geek gift shopping early because you KNOW what the delivery services are like at this time of year! Source: Hardware Hacker’s Black Friday / Cyber Monday Guide

‘We can’t protect public from cyber crimes’: RCMP boss

By raincoaster on November 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

It is perhaps less than reassuring (or professional) when the RCMP Commissioner says that the only effective way to protect yourself from cybercrime is to “Stay off the internet.” Does he recommend you never leave your house to avoid being… Read More ›

Dssk and Weev catch some drinks "for the road" prior to fleeing in an unmarked van. No, really.

We Spent 72 Hours with weev and Fled to Bosnia

By raincoaster on November 25, 2015 • ( 6 )

As one does… Everything world’s most famous troll weev does is complicated. Even his hair is complicated (why is it two different colours?). In this episode of weev got news intrepid reporters from bizarre and extremely cool site DSSK meet him… Read More ›

Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Nov 23

By raincoaster on November 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

Some bad news, kittens: it’s going to be Monday all day. Some good news: we have your links roundup, hot and ready and chewy. Brace thine gullet, you’ll need an iron stomach for some of these. On Encryption and Terrorists… Read More ›

Fake Anonymous Group Profiting From #OpISIS And RT Is Helping

By raincoaster on November 23, 2015 • ( 4 )

It’s an old trick: download somebody’s video, re-upload it to your own account, slap some ads on it, and spam it as wide as you can. Looks like some AnonImposters picked the wrong targets this time, when they stole Redcult’s… Read More ›

Emma Kelly: The media did cover attacks on insert country here. You just weren’t reading it.

By raincoaster on November 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

We’ve all seen Facebook, festooned since the Paris attacks with both legitimate grief for the victims of the attacks, and with the inevitable and regrettable guilt-shaming coming from those who believe that compassion is some kind of zero-sum game. This… Read More ›

“Ghosts Of No Nation” #IntelGroup Interviews Former #GhostSec Member @WauchulaGhost

By raincoaster on November 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

A nice complement to our earlier interview with GhostSec and Ghost Security Group. Now the Jester’s thrown himself into the middle of everything as well, blaming Anons for fighting ISIS while at the same time trying to take credit for… Read More ›

Lauri Love Appeals for Letters of Support

By raincoaster on November 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

Alleged hacktivist Lauri Love faces an uncertain future. Attending University for his Master’s in Electrical Engineering, his studying time has to be juggled with his “checking in with the local police” time, as well as his “preparing for court appearances”… Read More ›