Attempt to kill third-party repairs

The Tame Apple Press has made much ado about the fruity cargo cult Apple’s super cool game-changing T2 security chip which is supposed to make Macs like Fort Knox.  But according to the Verge, the T2 chip is a nasty bit of DRM whose main job is to lock down Apple devices from third-party repair services.

Chrome now uploads all your browser history

In previous versions of Chrome, you could visit Gmail, YouTube or other Google websites and log into them without Chrome automatically uploading all of your browsing histories to Google but "fortunately" Google has seen fit to correct this flaw.

Hacked vendors

US Homeland Security has found evidence that Russian hackers have broken into supposedly secure, "air-gapped" or isolated networks owned by utilities.

Things are going to get worse

Analyst outfit Gartner has warned that two thirds of companies do not have the in house staff able to deal with security issues.

Taking out the satellites

Insecurity experts Symantec have uncovered a sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defence contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia.

Put the candle back

Android users are being warned about a new ‘Frankenstein’ virus that combines the worst features of different malware to form a dangerous threat.

Eye-tracking and fMRI prove it

Boffins have used the latest gear to prove the long understood belief that no-one  reads security warnings.

GDPR does not apply to football

Spanish football league La Liga has defended the privacy policy of its app after admitting it was accessing the microphone and GPS of Android users.

Security risk

IBM has banned its staff from using portable removable storage as it feels that it is a security accident waiting to happen. 

Admins could not be bothered to update

There are more than 400 sites using the open source Drupal CMS serving up  crypto-jacking software, according to a new security report.