Good morning, kittens! We’re back to our regular posting schedule, just in time to get in all those juicy Eastern websites before the weekend hits and everyone disappears into a bottle of vodka, a Netflix binge, and series of obnoxious… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 11
What day is it, kittens? That’s right; it’s Not Enough Coffee Day! It’s also National Umbrella Day in Canada, which is as good an excuse as any to run out and buy that yellow brolly you’ve been secretly coveting for… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 10
Happy Tuesday afternoon, kittens! Travel day chez Cryptosphere, so today will be light, posting-wise. We’ve already got a couple of reblogs up, and we’ll probably serve you another lulzvideo and a manifesto, but that OpISIS tome we’ve been working on… Read More ›
Ten Percent of All Bitcoin in Circulation Was Just Stolen
At least, that’s what it looks like thanks to the sudden collapse of MyCoin, a Hong Kong Bitcoin investment company. Although referred to as an exchange, in reality it marketed (in extremely garbled English and Chinese) the opportunity to invest in… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Connection News
Happy Monday, kittens! It’s a whole new week to tackle, and we’re here to make sure that you do it absolutely chock-full of cyberwar and hacktivism news. Beverage in hand? Breakfast in belly? Very well, let’s begin. Canadians politely sue… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Sad Toy Links
Those poor stuffed toys appear to be having the same kind of week I’m having, but they don’t have a Macbook to serve as the fall guy. Maybe they can gang up on a Tamagotchi or something. I don’t know… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Hacker News
Happy Monday, kittens! I know what you did last weekend: the same thing as millions of other people. You watched the Puppy Bowl Halftime Show with Katty Furry. Do we know our audience or what? I know, right? Here’s your first… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Piratical News
Ahoy, kittens! Weigh anchor and sail with us over a sea of C (and BASIC and many other languages) as we set sail for The Silk Road, the land of halfling hackers, and other esoteric delights. Do not adjust your… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Old Master News
Come to think of it “The Old Master” would be a pretty good hacker name. Too bad I’ve doubled down on @F*ckS4boo. But it’s a new dawn, kittens. Time to face it bravely, armed with nothing more than your own… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Crypto and Cyber News for Jan 19
Happy Monday, kittens! It’s a good day, as long as you’re not a French Muslim extremist, a formerly-confidential informant, an indicted but not yet convicted hacker, or a Lizard Squaddie. Why? Well, those particular types of people are having, quite… Read More ›
Blackhat: a Hacker’s Movie Review
Today’s review of Michael Mann’s “Blackhat” is by well-known activist and actor/producer Joe Fionda. Welcome to the Cryptosphere, Joe; I knew I’d break you eventually! “Blackhat” is an international hacker caper directed by Michael Mann, centering around a federally convicted hacker… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 15
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… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 14
Good morning, kittens! The Cryptosphere is properly caffeinated, freshly showered, fed, watered, walked, and coming to you live from the complete opposite of a basement, so all is clearly right with the world. Rats Can Be Smarter Than People… Read More ›
CENTCOM Hints Blame Lies With “Lone Wolf” Attacker for Social Media Hack
Today General Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of CENTCOM, posted to CENTCOM’s Facebook page a letter to CENTCOM members and supporters apologizing for the pro-ISIS Twitter and YouTube hack yesterday. The letter did not specifically assign blame or describe the… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto #News for Jan 13
PRAISE BE TO JUAN VALDEZ, there’s coffee in Cryptosphere Global HQ again! We hope you’ll forgive us, kittens, for our late links on this fine morn afternoon, but we really couldn’t get going until a passing drone took pity on… Read More ›
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