At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, a security researcher demonstrated how he was able to gain complete control of the microprocessor embedded in batteries used in Apple Macintosh laptops and then remove or bypass the built-in safeguards. "I can clearly brick the battery," said Charlie Miller, principal research consultant at security

firm Accuvant Labs. "That's a cinch. I'm a pro at that."


The latest security threat to a user's laptop could come from their battery, a security researcher has warned.

Miller suggested it would be possible to overheat a battery and start a fire by convincing a controller that the battery was discharged, even though it was completely full, but said he has not tried it and an analogue fuse may prevent disaster. "The charger will think the remaining capacity is whatever I want," he said. "So it might overcharge."

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