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Stan Beer
Thursday, 03 August 2006 15:11
Two security specialists, David Maynor and Jon Ellch, demonstrated how to gain control of the MacBook by exploiting a flaw in the code of a wireless device driver.
The demonstration was videotaped because of
security concerns about hackers copying the techniques on display by
the two experts.
Although the hack demo used an MacBook for the demonstration, the
researchers stressed that vulnerability was not a Mac problem but a
weakness with wireless device drivers in general. They said that they
had been able get control of wireless Linux and Windows laptops as well.
According to the Maynor and Ellch, a MacBook was used for the demo
because demonstrating a hack on Mac OSX, which boasts a higher level of
security than Windows, would create a greater impact than another type
of computer.
If that was indeed the intention, then it worked. The two professional
hacking researchers were reportedly mobbed by members of their audience
after the presentation and are now the talk of the show.
Meanwhile, the growing number of users of wireless networks at home and
in the office can only look on with a sense of disquiet and
trepidation, knowing that the chances are that a good hacker can get control of
their computers if their device driver is faulty.
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