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 ›
News
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 ›
Numbers: The Mandelbrot Set
“Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” – Latin saying “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr An eternity of waves tattoos the sand In foam, embroiders it with seaweed, scarifies and brands The verge… 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 4
Getting into holiday mode, kittens? We here at Cryptosphere Global HQ are celebrating the season by coming down with whatever bug that is that gives you a hangover when you’ve only drunk tea and causes you to sleep as though… 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 ›
Tweet o’ the Day: Anonymous Makes It Big
Awwww. These Twitter accounts. They mature so fast nowadays. So Excited!!!!!!!! #AnonCorpWatch #Anonymous http://t.co/fFdc2E1wZZ— AnonCorpWatch™ (@AnonCorpWatch) December 01, 2014 Mazel tov!
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 ›
Calling #Anonymous #OpSafeWinter: #Ferguson Police Request Handouts on #Thanksgiving
You might think, with an average salary of $28,000, almost $10,000 above the median in town, that Ferguson, Missouri police might be able to supply the bare necessities for themselves. If the individual falls a little short, you (you socialist,… Read More ›
Gift Ideas: the Alien Facehugger Dog Leash
The Alien Facehugger Dog Leash from GCFX on Etsy might just be badass enough to make your Puggle intimidating on her outings to the dog park. It’s for dogs 15-35 lbs, and reviewers give it 4.5 stars out of five. Go… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Thanksgiving News
Happy Thanksgiving, Kittens! Or as we call it up in Canuckistan: Thursday. We know you’re busy arguing with relatives you haven’t seen since this time last year, so we’ll leave you to that. But first, we’ll be servicey. Here are… Read More ›
Essential #Ferguson Documents: Grand Jury Transcript, Evidence, Witness Interviews
There are hundreds of pages of information here, thoughtfully collated by the court transcriptionist and uploaded by St. Louis Public Radio. Surely there are by now tens of thousands of analysis and recapping pieces on the internet, but here is… 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 ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 26
Happy hump day, kittens. Don’t worry: with the help of enough bracing beverages and news links, you’ll get over it and on the smooth downhill slide to Thursday. After that, who knows? Maybe Friday! Introducing better ideas is far more… Read More ›