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The Australian equivalent of consumer protection fined Apple $ 9 million (AU) for having bricked phones illegally under the scandal known as Error 53.  While $7 million (US) won’t even register as a blip on the Apple balance sheet — the story is far more valuable.  Today’s front Source: Australia takes a bite out of Apple

The times when exploit kits (EKs) were known to be the breeding ground of new zero-days is long gone, and most EKs nowadays live off older vulnerabilities, meaning that keeping your browser, OS, and Flash Player up-to-date is enough to safeguard you from today’s top web-based threats. Source: An Up-to-Date Browser Should Keep Users Safe From Most Exploit Kits

Many brands of webcams, security cameras, pet and baby monitors, use a woefully insecure cloud-based remote control system that can allow hackers to take over devices by performing Internet scans, modifying the device ID parameter, and using a default password to gain control over the user’s equipment and its video stream. Source: Someone Is Taking Over Insecure Cameras and Spying on Device Owners

The OpenBSD project announced today plans to disable support for Intel CPU hyper-threading due to security concerns regarding the theoretical threat of more “Spectre-class bugs.” Source: OpenBSD Disables Intel CPU Hyper-Threading Due to Security Concerns

Source: ‘Snapdragon 1000’ chip may be designed for PCs from the ground up