The dominant picture of an archaeologist is that of a khaki-clad explorer, probably “intrepid,” outlined in the setting sun of an exotic local, patiently brushing the dust away from a pot partially embedded in a grid of stakes and strings, occasionally… Read More ›
Cryptosphere
Remembrance Day 2014
We’ll be taking today, Remembrance Day, off, to, yes, remember the sacrifices made by those who fought in the wars, whether cyber or IRL. It has been estimated that as much as 20% of Canada’s adult male population died in… Read More ›
Industrial Sabotage, Lumberjack Style!
Well, it’s a truism well-known to journalists worldwide that, when you are in need of a story, ask a taxi driver. And so it proved on Saturday, when I took a cab and obtained the following tale of industrial espionage,… Read More ›
Jon Cowden, the Forgotten #Anonymous: an interview
Jon Cowden is the most famous Anonymous member of which nobody has heard. #RetiredAnonymous Gave my freedom to help others obtain theirs. #ITWASWORTHIT #OpFreePalestine #OpSlayDay #OperationIranAide Not in Khaki Jumpsuits anymore He was sentenced in March of last year… Read More ›
Numbers: A heavy stone
“What happens when a new work of art is created is something that happens simultaneously to all the works of art that proceeded it. “ — T.S. Eliot “Nach Auschwitz ein Gedicht zu schreiben ist barbarisch.” — Theodor Adorno … Read More ›
Silk Road 2.0 is DOA thanks to FBI
If you were trying to get the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, you couldn’t do much better than Blake Benthall, alleged (and, as of today, indicted) founder of the Silk Road 2.0 online drug marketplace. Silk Road 2.0 arose,… Read More ›
Scam Alert: #Anonymous nOPes
Just FYI Anonymous isn’t really holding your PC for ransom. A friend just got this email, CryptoWall virus, claiming to be from Anonymous. http://t.co/1BZIzASwcE #fail #Anonymous (Do not pay them) — Gregg Housh (@GreggHoush) November 2, 2014 Gregg Housh has… Read More ›
Twitter attacks Julien Blanc, racist “Pickup Artiste” who advocates choking strangers #TakeDownJulienBlanc
Golly, who could have anticipated this? In the wake of both Gamergate and the Jian Ghomeshi revelations from Canada, it seems that significant portions of the world have had enough of international speaker Julien Blanc. I wonder why? #ChokingGirlsAroundTheWorld #Copenhagen… Read More ›
Team System DZ Cross the Line: Interfere with UK Rugby Website
This should end well. Team System DZ, the pro-ISIS hacker crew, have been on something of a tear in recent weeks, defacing literally hundreds of websites and posting its garbled jihadi message. We first reported on them when they took… Read More ›
Crypto-Affirmations: GoPro
From Aussie comedian, reverend, and Julian Assange co-star Sean Bedlam comes today’s Crypto-Affirmation: We attached a GoPro to your sense that everything is spiralling into nothing. — Rev. Sean Bedlam (@seanbedlam) November 2, 2014 Strikes the right note for Monday,… Read More ›
Exclusive: The Legendary #Anonymous Paypal 14 Speak Out Post-Sentencing
Yesterday the famous Paypal 14 hacktivists were sentenced: all their felony charges were dropped, leaving them with misdemeanors and a bill for restitution. The Cryptosphere correspondent Douglas Lucas was the only journalist actually present at the sentencing. Since the conditions… Read More ›
Faking it: Facebook Fraud Exposed
Every big-money corporation attracts fraud, for the same reason Dillinger used to rob banks. “That’s where the money is.” This video will introduce you to a type of Facebook fraud that may, at first glance, appear harmless. In reality, it’s… Read More ›
Pro-ISIS hackers Team System DZ take on Sweden
They’re at it again. Or perhaps they never stopped. The last we heard from the Algerian hacking crew of anti-Israeli ISIS sympathizers called Team System DZ, they were exulting in very poor English about a string of over 200 defaces. The attacks… Read More ›
Social Experiment: Muslims in Canada, post-Ottawa Shooting
This is what you call “a learning experience.” Despite Prime Minister Harper predictably using the shooting of Corporal Nathan Cirillo on Parliament Hill to rush through legal approval for spy powers he’s been asking for for years, Canadians themselves reject the notion… Read More ›
Drone Wars: The Eagle Attack!
The latest in our ongoing coverage of the escalating Drone wars. Currently, biowarriors are kicking drone ass: first former sheeple, current rebel Rambro, and now this Unnamed Terror from the Skies. RMIT UAS Research team dogfights with the king of… Read More ›