DARPA wants a platform that can detect image manipulation. Think forged Iranian missile launches or uses of body parts as trays. 
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Apple closes a raft of “drive-by download” holes in OS X and iOS
Drive-by downloads mean that you could get owned even when you are Just Visiting… Apple users – don’t let that happen to you!
US Navy renews training in celestial navigation over GPS hack fears
Now that the US Navy is bringing back celestial navigation, we might want to ask ourselves what other technologies we depend on without a backup, and what would happen to us if those technologies failed.
Online pharmacy fined for selling user data to lottery company and others
The ICO has fined an online pharmacy company that not only sold on user data without proper consent, it also made some astonishingly crass choices of customers to sell it to, including a lottery company.
Snapchat makes users happier than Facebook, apparently
A study suggests that it’s nice not to have Major Life Events plastered on your phone. Better to have them poof into non-archived land. 
Your face could be sucked off Facebook and on to a national biometric database
Australia’s government is happy to jump on the high-quality, highly accurate imagery captured and linked to identities on social media. 
Apple tells judge it’s “impossible” to unlock a device running iOS 8 or higher
Apple says it doesn’t have the “technical ability” to unlock a modern iPhone and would rather not take a look at older models for fear of tarnishing its reputation.
New Android Marshmallow devices must have default encryption, Google says
Google has released compatibility requirements for new devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and there’s one requirement that is justifiably getting a lot of attention – full-disk encryption must be enabled by default (with a few exceptions).
It’s not CLOUD computing, it’s CLOWN computing! [Chet Chat Podcast 219]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the latest computer security news in their witty but informative way.
‘Teen stoner’ who says he hacked CIA head’s email quite pleased with himself
“Since only 13 i am pretty hype about it,” he said, taking a break from pro-Palestinian posts sprinkled with CIA-related screenshots. 