This pretty much says it all, eh kittens? "There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity." –Salman Rushdie — wily (@0x1C) August 17, 2015
Social Engineering
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for July 20
The great thing about hitting rock bottom is, there’s nowhere to go but up, right kittens? So this week it’s all uphill compared to last. Yay? We hope you’ve got a bracing beverage by your side, a good breakfast in… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 19
We made it to Friday, kittens! Well, kitten. A significant portion of our readership is probably in transit, en route to New York City, either to attend the Suits and Spooks conference or to protest outside of it. Still, who… 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 ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 8
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 ›
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 ›
Nymwars II: Facebook Welcomes Drag Queens, Bans weev. UPDATE: and he’s BACK!
Congratulations, Facebook! You finally acknowledged peoples’ right to be known by the names they choose. Last week you acceded to demands from the LGBT community and acknowledged that drag queens would be able to have personal profiles under their drag… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Top Cyber and Crypto Headlines for September 23 and 24
Welcome to our late afternoon double-stacked linkdump. The Cryptosphere has finally moved into the new offices, shared with an unnamed community radio station, and they are swank indeed. I could podcast to my heart’s content with this setup, if it weren’t heavy… Read More ›
Guy Saves Hundreds By Displaying Homemade “Ginger Discount” Card At Local Businesses
The “Ginger Discount” should be a real thing. Aw heck, I’d give him the discount just for the sheer audacity of this scheme. Social engineering at its finest.
Weaponizing Your Pets: Watch And Learn!
Today we present a charming and informative Defcon talk from Gene Bransfield of Tenacity Solutions. The subject is the very straightforward “Weaponizing Your Pets” which is something I’m sure we have all wished to do from time to time, making… Read More ›
#OpFerguson Updates: Trolls, Honeypots, Leaks, and Crowdsourcing Intel
UPDATE: aaaand just as we hit Publish, Anonymous has taken the Ferguson City website and the St Louis County website offline. Anonymous has been busy over the last day or so, working on OpFerguson, the operation designed to bring justice… Read More ›
Mr. Big cut down to size
A classic police sting known as “Mr. Big” has been cut off at the knees by the Supreme Court of Canada, as they threw out murder confession obtained by a Mr. Big sting. The venerable technique so beloved of television… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Top Headlines for Crypto and Cyber News
From the looks of it, today is The Day of that old Aussie/Swedish/Amero-Russian mafia: new leak from WikiLeaks strikes back at the country of their founder, Snowden digs in, The Atlantic dials the mid-90’s, cyberpriest called to Swedish prison,… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Top Crypto and Cyber News from the Web
All’s fair in love, war, and the Cryptosphere, kittens. Today we’ve got a Bitcoin and Middle East-rich roundup that includes the evergreen “How to Own a Police Car” handbook. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? Look, there IS TOO money in… Read More ›
