We’re baaaaaaack! After chasing a couple of stories far too hard we are back, with all the cyber news that IS cyber news and also buzzwords, hashtags, and jargon to boot! D’oh, I always forget to put the keywords in… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 31
It’s Random Attack Day, kittens! Why does China hate Github? Why does the Ukraine hate Rutgers? Why do Anons hate Anons? Bloggers jailed! Protesters kettled! Of our several-day involuntary hiatus from the interwebs we shall not speak, except to say… Read More ›
Film Friday: We Are Legion, the Story of the Hacktivists
Let’s go back in time, kittens: back all the way to 2008, before most of the world had ever heard of Anonymous. And then, let’s look at some of the the busiest, messiest years in American history and watch as Anonymous… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 20
We made it! We crawled, dragged, rolled, staggered, or jogged to the end of the work week. Cast off the suit jackets and uncomfortable shoes, and don the floppy slippers and Thuggies that say a) this is the weekend and… Read More ›
LulzSecMafia Pwns Sweden for #Anonymous’ #SaveSweWolves
Time for more Sweden Punishment.. We can't let @_Cryptosphere down now can we? #LulzSecMafia #SaveSweWolves — #LulzSecMafia (@LulzSecMafia) January 22, 2015 Gee, all we said was “Keep us in the loop.” Great, now we can never go to Stockholm. The evocatively-named LulzSecMafia… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 31 2015
Well, we don’t know what your 2014 was like, but ours was a daily and endless reminder that Eris is the most patient, enduring, and irresistible god. It was an unceasing progression of chaos, during which we only achieved equilibrium… Read More ›
#Anonymous, #Sony, #Hackers and Other Hashtags: The Cryptosphere Editor Lorraine Murphy on the John, Paul and Mic Show
Well, this was fun. Basically, I love podcasts because I don’t have to comb my hair; hell, sometimes I don’t even have to get out of my pajamas. For the John, Paul and Mic show, however, I had to be… Read More ›
Numbers: On Sony’s Decision to Pull The Interview
“Death is nothing to us.” – Lucretius There was a time When movies played Our dreams and crimes In light and shade. Who made the movies Made the world, From winorlose To boymeetsgirl, Like Fox and Mayer, Lang, Renoir, De… Read More ›
Infographic: Biggest CyberSecurity Attacks in History
An interesting, but arguable, infographic coming to us today from the Financial Times. Is Kevin Mitnick really bigger than the guys that hacked Target, Home Depot, Bebe, and virtually every fast food restaurant in the US? I think he’s just… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 2
Happy Tuesday, kittens! After some delays and detours caused by hardware failure, travel, and a teensy police incident, your Cryptosphere is back, baby! Didja miss us? Today we are coming to you from the retro-swank lobby of Hotel Zed in… Read More ›
#OpKKK from #Anonymous defrocks racists across America
This, an image inspired by Banksy’s ephemeral artwork in civil rights flashpoint Birmingham, Alabama, is what you call Shots Fired. Anonymous has declared war on the Ku Klux Klan, the American racial hate group first made internationally infamous in the 1891… Read More ›
Cyberguerrilla TANGODOWN During Darkweb Takedown Op Onymous
In the Visigothian swathe of destruction the FBI wrought throughout the Darkweb with last week’s takedowns of 400 URLs (27 actual websites), one casualty may have been overlooked. Because it was not on the Darkweb at all. Cyberguerrilla.org is a… Read More ›
Exclusive: The Legendary #Anonymous Paypal 14 Speak Out Post-Sentencing
Yesterday the famous Paypal 14 hacktivists were sentenced: all their felony charges were dropped, leaving them with misdemeanors and a bill for restitution. The Cryptosphere correspondent Douglas Lucas was the only journalist actually present at the sentencing. Since the conditions… Read More ›
#ObeyParty666 supports the #Anonymous #Paypal14 All Day October 25th
ObeyParty666:It’s a 24-hour fundraiser with an ambitious goal: to get the Paypal 14 closer to paying off the $86,000 restitution. The Paypal 14, you’ll recall (or fake it if you don’t) were charged with participating in the 2010 DDoS attack… Read More ›
Facebook TANGODOWN: Exclusive Interview with @Unvealings of #Unknownsec
https://twitter.com/Cy63rp0isoN/status/507265728547147776 Well, as everyone in the known universe knows by now, Facebook was down yesterday for a period of time between 15 and 30 minutes, during which the world collectively lost its shit and dug out its dormant Twitter accounts… Read More ›
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