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• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Sept 2

  By raincoaster on September 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Shh, kittens, shhhh. Not so loud. Our warren of cyborg webmonkeys is having a difficult morning; seems someone swapped in decaf for caf in the socialist communal coffee pot, and they’re mostly crying softly, and distinctly unenergetically, into their keyboards…. Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for August 31

  By raincoaster on August 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy Monday, kittens? It’s going to be Monday all day, and how do we feel about that? A little glitchy ourselves, no doubt. Well, we are here for you. In fact, we were here for you on the weekend covering… Read More ›

• FCC Introduces Rules Banning WiFi Router Firmware Modification

  By raincoaster on August 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  You buy a house, add a garage, no problem. You buy a car, change up the rims, no problem. You buy a router…NOT SO FAST! Welcome to the tech-heavy world of things you can pay for but never truly own.

• 3 women arrested in blessing scam to rid people of evil spirits

  By raincoaster on August 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This one was popular in Houdini’s day. Part of the blending of cultures is criminals from one area learning the tricks of their new home and pulling them on the unsuspecting and innocent.

• Hamza Bendelladj NOT Sentenced to Death for SpyEye Virus

  By raincoaster on August 29, 2015 • ( 77 )

  

  No, contrary to a sudden flurry of loosely-sourced articles in the hacker and Muslim press, Hamza Bendelladj aka Bx1, spammer and co-creator of the SpyEye virus, has not been sentenced to death by a US jury. In fact, he hasn’t… Read More ›

• Let the Fur Fly! Interview with the #Reddit Mod who turned r/ #Anonymous to a Furry Paradise

  By raincoaster on August 28, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  Well kittens, it’s been almost a full week since r/Anonymous got a surprise makeover. On Sunday, August 23 it suddenly turned from a boringly respectable space for the latest in Faceless Do-Goodery Hive news into The Furry Pad, a candy-coloured… Read More ›

• Numbers: Badawi to His Torturers

  By Curt on August 28, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. – Psalm 84:7 Cracking and shattering, Shoulders and ribcages Stronger than oak under Cane after cane: “Pain is the weaponry Favored by weaklings and Strength… Read More ›

• Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for August 27

  By raincoaster on August 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Twas the day before Friday and all through the ‘Sphere our tech minions were working to keep channels clear. There were rumours of hacks coming in from afar, and a specious hot tip from some guy at the bar. The… Read More ›

• Drivers in Alberta say they faced $20 ‘toll’ after detour through First Nation

  By raincoaster on August 26, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Hmmm, it looks like some of these people are not as familiar with the concept of “Private Land” as they might be in their own homes. Here’s your pull quote: “There’s got to be some type of illegal activity going… Read More ›

• Montreal police officers fined for ‘unethical’ arrest of activist

  By raincoaster on August 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  It probably wasn’t terribly smart of police to arrest the ONE demonstrator who obeyed their orders to move to the sidewalk, or of the judge to gloat that a “hefty bond” would prevent him from working as an activist in… Read More ›

• Jon Cowden of #Anonymous Back in Custody, Being Moved to St. Louis

  By raincoaster on August 25, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Well, he had a job. He had a car. He had a home. He even had a dog. And now he has a long Con Air flight to St. Louis from San Diego ahead of him, because he also had… Read More ›

• Take Me To Your Fry Cook: Robots were able to make pancakes and pizza after reading Wikihow articles

  By raincoaster on August 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Why are robots so freaking focused on breakfast foods?In today’s morning roundup we linked to an article about how one neural network mistook the Starship Enterprise for a waffle iron (which version: we geeks think it matters). Seriously, we want… Read More ›

• Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for August 25

  By raincoaster on August 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Today is the first day of the rest of your week. How’s it going so far? Did your boss ask why your email address is in the Ashley Madison dumps? Did your WIFE? Has Russia blocked your website today (it’s… Read More ›

• #Reddit Wars: #Anonymous Subreddit Pranked, Converted to Furry Forum

  By raincoaster on August 24, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  What would Guy Fawkes do? He’d probably clutch his pearls and ruffle and swoon clean away. The Internet’s Front Page, ie Reddit, has converted the relatively popular r/Anonymous subreddit from a hacktivism-centric zone for political and elitist poo-flinging into a…forum… Read More ›

• ‘Anonymous Calgary’ rally against abuse of children in child protective services

  By raincoaster on August 24, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Anonymous Calgary is on a bit of a roll, and should make quite a show at this year’s Million Mask March, which isn’t that far away.

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