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 ›
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Lorraine @raincoaster Murphy on AnonUK Radio: #Anonymous Haters Gonna Hate
There was a little kerfuffle in the interwebs recently, kittens, and your humble editor was at the centre of it, thanks to an interview last month with Passcode journalist (and Cryptosphere pal) Fruzsina Eordogh for an article called The Great… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for April 20
Deadly Kung Fu Con Men! Cyber-Hype! Counterinsurgency and the Slow Parade of Fears! Welcome to the first cyber news headline roundup of the rest of your life, kittens! We won’t stand in your way, so go to it! Facelift: How… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 24
Sabu Week is in full effect, kittens! Aren’t you thrilled? Don’t worry, once we’ve settled some old scores and shone some light into some dark corners of Anonymous and its alumni, we’ll be back to regular programming. In fact, we’ll… Read More ›
Numbers: Large Number Theory
“The true mystery of the world is the visible.” – Oscar Wilde Medieval lunch box chums sprinkle salt on shams, Yielding to tramlines that run up the backs of stockings. Pronghorn antelope burst apart in a shower of springs Amid… Read More ›
Crisis at the State Department: an Op/Ed by Joe Fionda
This is Strike Two. Daniel Rosen, U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Director of Policy & Planning, was arrested three weeks ago for sexual solicitation of a 14 year old girl. He has again been arrested. This time, Rosen was charged in the District… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 5
Good afternoon, kittens! We’re having a slow start to the day Chez Cryptosphere, due to technical difficulties involving the power supply to our staggeringly advanced underground lair, as you can see in the above super high quality CGI reconstruction. Nonetheless,… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 4
It’s mid-week and so far an interesting one indeed. While the usual “Company X’s database got spewed all over Pastebin” news seems to have calmed down a bit, giving the news cycle time to concentrate more on Nimoy memorabilia, politicians’… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 3
Welcome to Tuesday. It’ll be Tuesday all day, kittens. Sorry about that. Here are the best news links on the web to make the sheer Tuesdayness go down easier. Patriot or Traitor: Edward Joseph Snowden (PatriotOrTraitor) European Cyber Police Shuts Down… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 2
Happy Start of Easter Month, kittens! Are we excited yet? If not, it’s probably because you cannot experience the glory which is Kinder Eggs, because you live in a benighted part of the globe, or perhaps because Cadbury changed the… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 25
We’re halfway to the weekend, kittens, and you can practically smell the sea breeze and pollen, can’t you? There are still a couple of days before you can bugger off to the beach or hole up in your dingy and… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 24
Morning, kittens! Are you all bright eyed, bushy tailed, and ready to start your day with the very best roundup of cyber and crypto and other buzzword links the internet has to offer? Splendid. Let’s begin! The Reddit-est thing in… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 23
Today our Featured Image is a metaphor for the indomitable human spirit, or maybe just a tribute to your liver’s ability to come back every Monday, despite what you spent all weekend doing to the poor damn thing. Now that… Read More ›
Numbers: The Fiction of a Lock
“Open, locks, Whoever knocks!” – Wm. Shakespeare The day a man first locked his door, His neighbor learned to lift the latch. He bent a branch and stripped a switch And softly crossed the empty floor. The rich throw bolts… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 20
We made it! We crawled, dragged, rolled, staggered, or jogged to the end of the work week. Cast off the suit jackets and uncomfortable shoes, and don the floppy slippers and Thuggies that say a) this is the weekend and… Read More ›