In response to the HTTPS-Only Standard proposal, the ACLU name 29 branches of the Federal government that don’t secure whistleblowers’ data.
Tag Archives: Tor
Feds subpoena Reddit for personal info of dark web forum members
The subpoena demands information on five users of the Darknet Markets subreddit, all of whom discussed the recent fall of Evolution, a mega-mart for drugs.
Dark Web’s ‘Evolution’ market vanishes along with $12 million
The owners of the drugs/guns/malware market ‘Evolution’ have vanished with about $12 million in Bitcoin. 
SSCC 187 – The cryptography edition [PODCAST]
Sophos expert John Shier sits in for regular presenter Chester Wisniewski in this episode. John and Paul Ducklin dissect the latest security issues, which were dominated this week by some thorny matters of cryptography.
Onion.city – a search engine bringing the Dark Web into the light
Last week, user Virgil Griffith went onto the Tor-talk mailing list and announced Onion City, a Dark Web search engine that allows regular web users to delve into the Dark Web.
Silk Road 2.0 deputy arrested after 6-month attack on Tor
Brian Richard Farrell, aka ” DoctorClu”, was arrested last week. A search warrant shows that the drug market’s kingpins were unmasked after a 6-month assault on Tor. 
SSCC 182 – What would the Pirate Party do? [PODCAST]
This week’s episode of our quarter-hour security podcast. Entertaining as well as accurate and educational – why not give it a listen?
David Cameron wants to ban encrypted apps like iMessage and Whatsapp
In the wake of the Paris attacks, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is targeting encrypted communications that governments can’t read. 
Former US cybersecurity director gets 25 years for online child abuse
The former acting director of cybersecurity for the US Department of Health and Human Services is one of 6 so far to be convicted in an ongoing FBI investigation that used drive-by malware to track the online activities of child abusers. 
SSCC 173 – Lest we forget [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly “Chet Chat” security podast. Chet and Duck take on the week’s news in their inimitable way…enjoy!