We’ve found the first super-warrior of the long-feared Drone Wars. He has taken his first victim. He is RAMBRO! After a youth spent calmly munching grass in the pastoral mountainside of New Zealand, as he turned towards adulthood something in… Read More ›
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Friday CyberFilms: Four Lions
We’re familiar with the concept of ruthless, unstoppable jihadis laying waste to Western values, culture, and lives; it’s how the Pentagon gets its money. We’re less familiar with the concept of jihadi wannabes, particularly in the context of comedy. Meet… Read More ›
The WikiLeaks Army has Boots on the Ground
The day long feared by the Lords of the 1% is finally here. Julian Assange has an army. Or at least, he has the uniform. Or at least, he has the most important part, which is a snazzy pair of… Read More ›
The Best Talks at the BlackHat Conference Weren’t Even at BlackHat
Black Hat USA is the no-holds-or-hacks-barred annual conference that brings together some of the biggest names in infosec with some of the biggest names in hacking. But not all, because some are still hung over from HOPE. It’s… Read More ›
Mad as a Tinfoil Hatter: A Conversation With Cynthia Gould
Tinfoil: is there anything it can’t do? Not according to Weird Al and certain electro-focused conspiracy theorists around the globe. Business Insider, apparently having run out of actual, you know, business, delved deep into the mysterious origins of the tinfoil… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Top Crypto and Cyber Headlines for Friday, August 1
TGIF say I, you, the Houmaine Family, and that poor sap at the State Department whose talking points got leaked all over the interwebs yesterday. We know you’re in a rush to get to the cabin, the cottage, or the… Read More ›
Linked In, Kicked Out
A family’s LinkedIn posts have been used against them in a case which stripped the (now formerly) Canadian family of their citizenship and gifted them with court costs of $63,000, over and above what they’ve paid to fight the case so… Read More ›
God Hates Bitcoin
Okay, that’s it. I’m moving all my money to Cthulhu-based cryptocurrency. Tucson, Arizona’s only Bitcoin ATM was struck by lightning last Friday. Tucson remains stuck in the dark ages ever since, unable to obtain Bitcoin except through such venerable, traditional… Read More ›