“I attacked Joomla.” Well, that’s one way to get our attention. Joomla is one of the biggest names in plug-and-play website building software. Instead of relying on plugins the way WordPress does, Joomla’s claim to fame is its multi-featured nature,… Read More ›
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Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 11
Top of the morning to you, kittens! We chez Cryptosphere always like to start off the day by looking at a well-dressed man, and if we didn’t happen to stock the HQ with one the night before, well, we have… Read More ›
Happy Twitterversary, CIA!
Various US government agencies are on social media, with varying degrees of awesomeness or face-palmery. As US government agencies on social media go, relative newcomer the CIA is pretty much the best. Not in terms of giving out actual information:… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 10
Tinfoil chapeaux donned? Seatbelts fastened? Malwarebytes run? Stimulants ingested? Excellent, you’re fully prepared for hump day. Bite the pillow, kittens: Wednesday goes in dry. Eff You, Axl Rose, by Barrett Brown (TheBarrettBrownReviewOfArtsAndLetters) Kaspersky Lab a victim of Duqu intrusion (HelpNet)… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 9
Welcome to Tuesday, kittens. It’s one day closer to Friday than Monday is, and for that reason alone, it is close to our hearts. Pour yourself a cup of something bracing and, if you work in the US military, fill… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for June 8
Okay, so it’s Monday, and that’s never good, but at least you’re not in Syria, right? 22 air strikes and counting. Well, back here where it’s comfy and safe, sometimes too comfy and safe, we can read the news instead… Read More ›
#BreakTheInternet: #Anonymous Sabu is Back, Bitches!
Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as the Anonymous, LulzSec, and AntiSec firebrand turned FBI informant Sabu, is back on Twitter. Many thanks to @danstuckey for getting this account back after 3 years of dormancy. https://t.co/Nwv66yMVTe #IMBAAAAAAACCKKK — Hector X. Monsegur… Read More ›
An Interview with PH1K3 the #NSA Email #Hacker
“Alleged” NSA email hacker, that is, although he seems plenty eager to discuss it publicly. On May 15, we brought you the exclusive story of a hack of the NSA’s backup email server, a server maintained, ironically, not by the… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 3
Did you miss us, kittens? First we were at Social Media Camp, then we spent a week in the arms of our old friend Post-Conference Flu, then ALL THREE of our computers died THANKS OBAMA, and now we’re back. For… Read More ›
Matt DeHart’s Case on AnonUK Radio
This past Sunday your humble editor was a guest, along with Cryptospherians Raymond Johansen and Kitty Hundal, on Anon UK Radio. The cast of characters includes The Dread Pirate Bailey, StLouisGal, your host G3arhead, your other host T0p, and regular… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for May 26
Welcome back from your Memorial Day weekend, kittens! I feel confident over-generalizing like that since most of my readers are US-based and the ones that aren’t probably could use an extra day without more depressing cyberwar stories anyway. But we’re… Read More ›
Enforced Transparency 4 – The Whistleblowers Bravery
This is another in the ongoing series on Enforced Transparency by Raymond Johansen and Kitty Hundal, featured here on the Cryptosphere as well as their own site, HacktivistCulture, with related articles on the Fifth Column News, and HackRead. This article… Read More ›
#Pwnd: Lauri Love, Accused Hacker, Forces Government to Return Seized Computers
Lauri Love, the Brit/Scot/Finn accused of hacking into multiple US government computers including those of NASA, the EPA, the US Army, the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and the US Missile Defence System, has successfully confronted the UK government, and… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for May 20
Claw your way through this, the meatiest link roundup on the intertubes, as we fetch ourselves another saucer of milk. We need to build up our strength for the rest of the week… The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and… Read More ›
Rebuilding Communities and Identities with USB sticks and Love by AnonyOdinn
This is another thoughtful long read from our old pal Anony Odinn; it originally appeared at Cyberguerrilla. Get yourself a full cup of some stimulating beverage and get ready for a mind-expanding experience. “Where there is preparation there is no fear.”… Read More ›