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• Actor Christopher Lee dead at 93

  By raincoaster on June 11, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  AND he was descended from Charlemagne. Rest in Peace, you legit badass.

• Happy Twitterversary, CIA!

  By raincoaster on June 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Various US government agencies are on social media, with varying degrees of awesomeness or face-palmery. As US government agencies on social media go, relative newcomer the CIA is pretty much the best. Not in terms of giving out actual information:… Read More ›

• Security Startup Illusive Networks Uses Deception To Catch Hackers

  By raincoaster on June 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Potemkin Hacking! Tricking hackers into thinking they’ve succeeded, when in reality they’ve been hacked themselves. Interesting idea. It’ll certainly go a long way towards cleaning out the skiddies.

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 10

  By raincoaster on June 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Tinfoil chapeaux donned? Seatbelts fastened? Malwarebytes run? Stimulants ingested? Excellent, you’re fully prepared for hump day. Bite the pillow, kittens: Wednesday goes in dry. Eff You, Axl Rose, by Barrett Brown (TheBarrettBrownReviewOfArtsAndLetters) Kaspersky Lab a victim of Duqu intrusion (HelpNet)… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 9

  By raincoaster on June 9, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to Tuesday, kittens. It’s one day closer to Friday than Monday is, and for that reason alone, it is close to our hearts. Pour yourself a cup of something bracing and, if you work in the US military, fill… Read More ›

• The Future Is Scary and Islamophobic: Fearful Master by Arthur Lawrence

  By Ani on June 8, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  If things keep going as they are, I fear that the author of this week’s book, Fearful Master, is right in predicting a world where simply being Muslim is grounds to imprison you and strip you of your American citizenship. There… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for June 8

  By raincoaster on June 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Okay, so it’s Monday, and that’s never good, but at least you’re not in Syria, right? 22 air strikes and counting. Well, back here where it’s comfy and safe, sometimes too comfy and safe, we can read the news instead… Read More ›

• #BreakTheInternet: #Anonymous Sabu is Back, Bitches!

  By raincoaster on June 4, 2015 • ( 35 )

  

  Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as the Anonymous, LulzSec, and AntiSec firebrand turned FBI informant Sabu, is back on Twitter. Many thanks to @danstuckey for getting this account back after 3 years of dormancy. https://t.co/Nwv66yMVTe #IMBAAAAAAACCKKK — Hector X. Monsegur… Read More ›

• An Interview with PH1K3 the #NSA Email #Hacker

  By raincoaster on June 3, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  “Alleged” NSA email hacker, that is, although he seems plenty eager to discuss it publicly. On May 15, we brought you the exclusive story of a hack of the NSA’s backup email server, a server maintained, ironically, not by the… Read More ›

• Violent Facebook threats conviction thrown out by US Supreme Court

  By raincoaster on June 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Hmmmmm, someone tell this to Barrett Brown. “The fact that ordinary people would find such rants threatening isn’t enough to convict people who make violent statements on Facebook and other social media.” Like YouTube, perhaps? Barrett Brown, we remind you,… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 3

  By raincoaster on June 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Did you miss us, kittens? First we were at Social Media Camp, then we spent a week in the arms of our old friend Post-Conference Flu, then ALL THREE of our computers died THANKS OBAMA, and now we’re back. For… Read More ›

• When Google Met Wikileaks: A New Philosophy For Our Times

  By Ani on June 1, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  In the time of the Greeks, philosophy was developed through conversation. Socrates went around Athens talking with people and making them think about their life, their values and their actions. The art of philosophy by dialogue has not been lost… Read More ›

• Matt DeHart’s Case on AnonUK Radio

  By raincoaster on May 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This past Sunday your humble editor was a guest, along with Cryptospherians Raymond Johansen and Kitty Hundal, on Anon UK Radio. The cast of characters includes The Dread Pirate Bailey, StLouisGal, your host G3arhead, your other host T0p, and regular… Read More ›

• Enforced Transparency 5: Crowdsourcing Independent Journalism

  By raincoaster on May 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Enforced transparency in action: an outline of several publishing projects in the world of radical transparency including a new book by Hax, the infamous LuxiLeaks, and the Blank Spot Project.

• Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for May 26

  By raincoaster on May 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome back from your Memorial Day weekend, kittens! I feel confident over-generalizing like that since most of my readers are US-based and the ones that aren’t probably could use an extra day without more depressing cyberwar stories anyway. But we’re… Read More ›

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