Got more money than you know what to do with? Um…than you know what with to do? Still searching for that perfect gift for the tactisexual in your life? How about a complete set of all 58 IntelCenter Counterterrorism… Read More ›
Jihad
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 3
Happy No Mass Shootings So Far Today day, kittens! Assuming you don’t live in Syria, Libya, etc, etc, but if you did you’d probably have better things to do than surf the internet, eh? Just on the off chance, we’ll… Read More ›
Cyber-Affirmation of the Day: The Grugq on FUD
The Paris attacks have been so convenient for so many people in high places. Given enough panic, they must think they can frighten people into accepting anything at all. Several men who know each other and live in a small… Read More ›
Putting #ISIS on Ice: An Interview with GhostSec of #Anonymous and Ghost Security Group
As France rains bombs on Syria, as states, countries, continents close their borders to refugees fleeing civil war and terrorism, as the world reels from underreaction to overreaction in the wake of the Paris and Beirut suicide attacks, men and… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Nov 16
Welcome back to Monday, the Groundhoggiest day of the week, kittens! What did you miss over the weekend? Moar hacks, moar ops, moar blithering by political candidates. Anonymous and OpISIS swung into action with fresh purpose after the Paris attacks,… Read More ›
Interwebbed @Bjork Themed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 26
I’m 90% sure that GIF conversation was transcribed verbatim. We’re very fond of Bjork chez Cryptosphere, because reasons, and so our Monday cyberwar and hacktivism news links for today are dedicated to her unique brand of “crazy-like-an-arctic-fox.” Indeed, are we… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Sept 29
Have the android bring a round of doppios. It’s only Tuesday, thankfully International Coffee Day, and we can already tell it’s gonna be a long week. Where’s the damn bot with those espressos already? What’s Italian for “four shots and… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for April 22
It’s a busy Hump Day here at The Cryptosphere global HQ: we have screaming hot Google news, Arab Spring fallout, new ways to catch the cops red-handed, and a staggeringly greedy, retroactive power grab by Big Tractor, not to mention the… Read More ›
Numbers: The Capital of Hell
“The only objects of practical reason are those of good and evil.” — Immanuel Kant How do pimps beseech and praise their god? In the sky, the temple doors are charred And all the cafes are ghosted with the dead…. Read More ›
Terrorism Works
This powerful article is re-posted with permission from Hamilton Nolan. It originally appeared on Gawker. This is HamNo’s second article on the Cryptosphere. Terrorism persists because terrorism works. Terrorism works because we let it. It takes a great deal of… Read More ›
The #CyberCaliphate vs US #CENTCOM
The latest skirmish in the Propaganda Wars has all the elements of farce, many of the elements of a mystery, and quite a few of the elements of FUD. Hey @BarackObama next time tell #CENTCOM that "Waterboarding" is a weak… Read More ›
Charlie Hebdo, Satirical French Magazine, Invaded by Gunmen: 12 Dead
Around noon Wednesday, publication day of the latest weekly issue, two three armed and masked men dressed all in black walked into the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and opened fire with Kalashnikovs. Twelve people are confirmed dead,… Read More ›
Interewebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Nov 17
Happy Monday, kittens! It’s a slow start to the Cryptosphere this week, as we stayed up all weekend watching Anonymous do its thing, which it did massively, starting Friday: multiple posts on that coming soon, as well as an… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 6
Happy Thursday, kittens! We at the Cryptosphere have some news for you (geddit?). We’ve just been accepted by Google News, so we’ll be playing with the Big Boys now and will be much, much less likely to have cause for… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 5
Remember, remember! The Fifth of November, On WordPress, Tumblr and Blogspot; I know of no reason Edward Snowden’s “treason” Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To shake the King and Parliament All up alive…. Read More ›
