Norton Anti-Virus must be WAY more effective in Japan for some reason. The transcript: Subs by evasivemaneuver, (Twitter: @wine_pimp) People have always been praying for safety People have always struggled to safeguard their privacy Today the Gods have answered thy… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for May 6
Shalom, kittens, and a Hacky Hump Day to you all. We’re here with your RDA of cyber and crypto news links, an important part of your nutritious breakfast. Oh, who are we kidding? You’re shotgunning a latte and scarfing a… Read More ›
Facepwn: Script Kiddies Beware
This is the second article from Tyler L. Jones for The Cryptosphere. In it, he dissects the source code for an alleged Facebook zero day vulnerability. Social engineering. It’s one of the most powerful tools in an attacker’s toolkit. It… Read More ›
On Omar Khadr and being Canadian since the summer of 2002
This article originally appeared on GeorgieBC, and is reprinted here with permission of the author, Heather Marsh, who is a semi-regular contributor to the Cryptosphere, and a leading activist on behalf of Omar Khadr, who has been a prisoner of one… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for May 5
Happy Cinco de Mayo, kittens. In the dreary, endless hours until Margarita O’Clock, we have all the crypto and cyber news that IS cheesily keyworded news links, right here for your delectication. So, what are you waiting for? Delect away!… Read More ›
RIP Grace Lee Whitney, aka Yeoman Janice Rand on Star Trek
Another icon of science fiction has left this space-time continuum, on a journey to the unknown. Grace Lee Whitney, however, did not think of it this way; she had long since become a born again Christian. She died May 1… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for May 4
Welcome to Malware Monday, kittens! Don’t worry, we’re going to run out of these catchy, alliterative, and totally arbitrary keywords soon, but in the meantime, let’s get a fresh cup of java and prepare for the work week. It promises… Read More ›
#Anonymous launches #OpBaltimore
It had to happen. Anonymous Stands With #Baltimore. | #OpBaltimore — OpBaltimoreOfficial (@AnonOpBaltimore) May 1, 2015 In what’s become a completely inevitable pattern, in response to the death of a young black man at the hands of the police, Anonymous… Read More ›
Exclusive Interview with AnonGlobo of #Anonymous
AnonymousGlobo is one of those Anonymous Twitter accounts that simply seems to be ahead of everyone else; whatever it’s tweeting about right now will be all over the headlines in a week’s time, most likely for having been the victim of… Read More ›
One Day Only: The Hacker Wars is 99 Cents to Rent, $9.99 to Buy on Amazon
Today, May Day, 2015, The Hacker Wars, the definitive documentary account of hacktivism’s golden age, is on sale at Amazon.com. You can rent it for 99 cents or purchase it for $9.99, $12.99 for HD. If you haven’t seen this… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for May 1
Hacky Friday, kittens! We’ve had a couple of days off to wrestle with tawdry IRL concerns, and we could not be happier to be back where we belong, in our mother’s basement, working on our monitor tans. We have far… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for April 28
Is Baltimore still there? Keep refreshing your Google Earth to make sure, kittens; it’s at the stage where anything could happen, and probably will be caught on camera when it does. Yes, dude, you might just be a racist… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for April 27
Black hat, grey hat, white hat, or Guy Fawkes mask, it’s time to gird your cranium and throw yourself headlong into the work week. We at The Cryptosphere Global HQ have been very busy on a couple of special projects… Read More ›
A (Secure) Chat with WikiLeaks
Today’s article comes to us from Interwebs Security correspondent Tyler L. Jones. It is his first appearance in the Cryptosphere. WikiLeaks is at it again. This time, in an effort to provide a method of secure communication between themselves and whistleblowers,… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for April 23
Hacking is thirsty work, kittens, so here’s to the slow, easy downhill jog to the weekend. Today we bring you a deception-focused cyber and crypto news roundup. Your Facebook homies? All Feds. Nonfiction spy memoir? Fiction! That perfectly ordinary London… Read More ›