Hello again, kittens! Did you miss me while I was on my gloriously luxurious, if fever-ridden, hiatus? Well, I still have the fever but I don’t have the time off anymore, so here we are. Naturally, when I came across… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for December 9
Happy Tuesday, kittens! Things got a little out of hand at Cryptosphere Global HQ last night, but as you can see order has been restored and everything is once again under control. Also, lunch will be provided by the management… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 8
Merry Monday, kittens! Were you office partying over the weekend like the rest of us? The strangest people showed up at the party, but then that’s the holiday chaos for you. In this world of Heraclitian turmoil, there’s one thing… Read More ›
Film Friday: Android
Tonight’s feature movie is so bad I doubt the copyright holder will even bother hitting YouTube with a takedown notice. It has 5.9 out of ten on IMDB. It’s Android, from 1982, starring Klaus Kinski, which is a perfect storm… Read More ›
I Have Something to Hide
This is a reprint of the May, 2013 post of the same title from the Neurovagrant blog of Ian Campbell, with whom we re-connected on Twitter recently. He kindly permitted us to repost this crystal clear lesson in why encryption… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 5
Happy Friday, kittens! Are you as plugged in and illuminated as this somewhat-alarmed gent? If not, we have the cure for that: our Friday link roundup! All the cryptonews you need to get your weekend started. Someone was Indicted in… 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 3
Happy hump day, kittens. I don’t know what it’s like chez vous, but chez moi it’s frosty enough to rime your reason, particularly before the first coffee of the day. In consequence, I will be writing up today’s news links… 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 ›
Stocking (Mask) Stuffers: #Anonymous rolling papers
We are grateful to our friend @Miss_Cybernaut in the Serbian Pirate Party who drew our attention to this stunningly perfect gift item from Zla-Zla.com. At only twice the price of non-branded papers, it’s sure to give any revolutionary stoner the… Read More ›
From the Vault: The Real CEO Letters
From time to time we receive missives of particular interest in our unencrypted public email or our Contact Form. We’d like to share one with you now. Pour yourself a double and use the washroom before reading; this is going… 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 ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 13
It’s Thursday, kittens! All! Damn! Day! So you’d better start getting used to it. Pour yourself a Venti instead of a Grande and strap in for the next few hours of existential torture. Hmmmm. Maybe I had better switch to… Read More ›
Matt DeHart and More on the Darkweb Takedowns
As most of the internet knows by now, 27 sites (originally reported to be the mindblowingly huge “over 400”) were taken offline and 17 people arrested by the FBI last week in what is known as Op Onymous. The sites were… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 12
Happy Wednesday, kittens! Did you remember, remember, to take the time yesterday to remember what has been lost and what has been gained in battles throughout history, geography, religion and the Internet? Those who do not understand the past are… Read More ›
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