Dell ships computers with built-in security flaw

A Superfish-style security certificate left users open to being hacked by attackers posing as legitimate organisations

Dell has apologised to customers for deliberately shipping new computers with an inherently insecure support tool and has provided a removal tool to fix affected machines.

Recently-produced Dell machines were shipped with a security certificate which makes it easy for an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and potentially steal personal information, even over an encrypted connection.