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Crypto Currently: Prices for Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Uro (or, as I call it, Peecoin)
Well, hell, with all the Anonymousity around here today, it’d be the perfect day to feature Anoncoin. Unfortunately, we were ahead of our time and already did that a week ago. So we’re going with random today and have found… Read More ›
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Rise of the machines: Up to 8.5% of Twitter users are robots
5% of twitter usesr are spam? That’s pretty low. Pretty sure it’s a lot higher than that.
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Big Brother, Little Sister: #OpFerguson in Images
Since the Saturday shooting of unarmed teenager Mike Brown at the hands of an as-yet-unnamed Ferguson police officer, operatives within Anonymous have been working to bring what they see as justice to Ferguson and its citizens. And, not incidentally, its… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Top Crypto and Cyber Headlines Worldwide
Yesterday, thanks to interviews and articles about OpFerguson, we had our second-busiest day and entirely forgot to do our cryptocurrency price roundup; in return, we promise to take a look at the effect of Anonymous operations on cryptocurrency prices…. Read More ›
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#OpFerguson Speaks! an exclusive interview
OpFerguson is the Anonymous operation which sprang into being over the last three days, in response to the Saturday police shooting of unarmed teen Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. So far Anonymous has taken down the City website for several… Read More ›
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A Brief History of Inappropriately Invoking George Orwell
Given society’s focus on controlling the People via pleasure rather than via pain, we await with pleasure the no doubt soon-to-come “brief history of inappropriately invoking Aldous Huxley.”
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Anonymous Hits Back at Ferguson Police with #OpFerguson
When the Ferguson, Missouri police fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown (hands in the air when shot, according to witnesses), they did what Israel hadn’t been able to do in weeks: they took the focus of Anonymous off Gaza and… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Top Cyber and Crypto Stories for Your Monday
A mega-roundup from a mega-weekend! Black Hat is over, long live Defcon (at least till Monday, that is), and we’ll always have the hangovers to remember them by. Here’s a particularly-juicy roundup of stories; some long reads, some short, and… Read More ›
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Hack Back! A DIY Guide for Those Without the Patience to Wait for Whistleblowers
Just what it says on the tin: A DIY guide for those who don’t want to wait for whisleblowers. This is The Real Thing, people, so leave your pearl-clutching at the door and get ready for shit to get real…. Read More ›
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Defcon Pwn
So, this is how the Defcon Hacking Conference is going for someone today: In short, s/he was using a Wifi Pineapple to try to do some of the mentioned-in-that-link nefarious stuff to the wifi at the conference. Instead of… Read More ›
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Crypto Currently: Current prices for Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Unobtanium
Wow, who knew the cryptocurrency market was so popular among retro-footwear enthusiasts? Seriously, I’m sure I had at least two pairs of those shoes in the 80’s. WHERE DID YOU FIND THEM CALL ME PEOPLE???? Ah, the heady days of… Read More ›
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Civilians in Abandoned McDonald’s Seize Control of Wandering Space Satellite
This sounds so much like a crazy science fiction movie that I have no doubt it will soon become one, even though it’s true. Except all the main characters will suddenly become attractive teenagers.
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Crypto-Affirmation for the Day
If you see something, say nothing. And drink to forget. Night Vale Wise words, my friends. Wise words. Featured image Strange by Kevin Dooley on Flickr
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The Best Talks at the BlackHat Conference Weren’t Even at BlackHat
Black Hat USA is the no-holds-or-hacks-barred annual conference that brings together some of the biggest names in infosec with some of the biggest names in hacking. But not all, because some are still hung over from HOPE. It’s… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Top Crypto and Cyber Stories from the Net
The Net; you never know what you’re gonna catch. The other day I caught up with ancient-by-internet-standards cinematic classic The Net and was surprised by a) how prescient it was b) the fact that I appear to have become Sandra… Read More ›
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