Tor marketplaces shut down by Operation Hyperion

Tor, the conduit for below-the-radar browsing, and drugs, weapons and other illegal activities, has been under the microscope by law enforcement in the past two years. In the past months alone, we saw Brian Richard Farrell, who helped run Silk Road …

Oil exec accused of impersonating Elon Musk in an email sues Tesla over Twitter hack

Todd Katz says Tesla illegally accessed his Twitter account in its investigation of a Yahoo email crafted to look like it came from Musk.

Ukrainian hackers ‘snatch huge email cache from Kremlin’

The emails reportedly show Russia's organizing Ukrainian separatists. The hack, if legit, shows Russian leaders are as vulnerable as others.

Monday review – the hot 17 stories of the week

From getting busted on the Dark Web and the 'super cookie' stopped by Firefox to the grandmother billed $5K for alleged piracy, and more!

Apple's iOS App Store Faceplant: Infiltration of Hundreds of Fake Apps

There’s no best way to handle disclosure of zero-day vulnerabilities

Earlier this week, the headlines flashed with news that Google had disclosed a vulnerability to Microsoft that allows local privilege escalation in Windows 10. This vulnerability is a zero-day, meaning these vulnerabilities did not have an immediate…

Berners-Lee raises spectre of weaponized open data

Tim Berners-Lee warns hackers could use open data to create societal chaos. What's going on here? The fear of data sabotage, that's what.

Glasses make facial recognition think you’re a celebrity

These biometric-baffling babies cost mere pennies. Just in time: Facebook's said that users can't stop it from using our biometrics.

WeMo smart home devices can be used to spy on Android phones

Researchers found vulnerabilities, now fixed, that could have turned your crockpot into a launching pad for malicious JavaScript.

Teen pleads guilty to creating DDoS tool used in 1.7 million attacks

Adam Mudd created the tool when he was only 15 and went on to make $385,000 from its sale and a DDoS-for-hire service.

Firefox kills the Battery Status ‘super cookie’

What is the Battery Status API good for? Besides tracking you online that is.

Facebook halts plan to mine profiles for insurance quotes

It's opt-in for now, but Admiral - one of the biggest car insurance companies in the UK - isn't ruling out expanding the program.

Don’t cyber-mess with Britain, warns UK Chancellor

The UK will retaliate against cyber-attackers, Philip Hammond promises

Firefox kills the Battery Status ‘super cookie’

What is the Battery Status API good for? Besides tracking you online that is.

New FCC ISP privacy rules create more questions than answers

The FCC's new ISP privacy rules have opened wide the debate on when and what data gathered over the internet should be deemed sensitive.

86-year-old grandmother billed $5K, accused of pirating zombie game

An Ontario octogenarian has been caught up in Canada's institution of new copyright infringement rules.

No, checking in via Facebook won’t help Standing Rock protestors

A viral post prompting thousands of Facebook users to confound police assessments of protestors was based on a false claim that the police used Facebook to do that.

The Clinton emails – from humble iMac to datacentre

Hillary Clinton's email server has been at the heart of the election, but how did that happen?

Critical vulnerabilities pose a serious threat to Joomla sites

Websites using the Joomla CMS have been under sustained attack thanks to a vicious pair of vulnerabilities disclosed last week

Security All Saints: security is for life, not just for Halloween

The day after Halloween is All Saints' Day - are you ready to try out being a Security Saint?

Scary security: Halloween costume ideas from the EFF and us

The privacy rights organization's got you covered, from a facial recognition algorithm grid to a privacy badger. We had a few ideas too!