Threatpost News Wrap, January 27, 2017

The Star Wars Twitter botnet, the return of Lavabit, a critical Cisco Webex flaw, and the St. Louis Library ransomware story are discussed. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, January 27, 2017

Encrypted webmail service Lavabit relaunched

Lavabit, the secure encrypted webmail service used by Edward Snowden, is back online. Lavabit founder and operator Ladar Levison shut it down in 2013 when the US government demanded he hand over the service’s SSL encryption key. The key would have allowed them to decrypt and read all emails sent and received by all of Lavabit’s 400,000+ users. Levison opted for shutting down the service and chose to fight the US government in court. More … More Continue reading Encrypted webmail service Lavabit relaunched

Lavabit — Encrypted Email Service Once Used by Snowden, Is Back

Texas-based Encrypted Email Service ‘Lavabit,’ that was forced to shut down in 2013 after not complying with a court order demanding access to SSL keys to snoop on Edward Snowden’s emails, is relaunching on Friday.

Lavabit CEO Ladar Levison had custod… Continue reading Lavabit — Encrypted Email Service Once Used by Snowden, Is Back