Security News This Week: Apple Patches a Very Bad iOS HomeKit Bug

Political turmoil and hijinks abounded this week, but there were plenty of security antics playing out online, too. Researcher Sabri Haddouche released a suite of tricks and tools, collectively called Mailsploit, that allow you to send perfectly spoofed messages from more than a dozen popular email clients. And speaking of phishing, new research shows a spike in the use of HTTPS web encryption on phishing sites. Attackers want the green padlock that comes with HTTPS to make their phishing sites look more legitimate and persuasive to potential victims. At least the ad blocker Ghostery is working on using artificial intelligence to catch--and block--new types of ad-trackers more quickly.