Black Hat Briefings: A pair of hackers show off a new technique for breaking into computers via flaws in wireless drivers shipped on Windows and Mac systems.
LAS VEGAS—Wi-Fi-enabled computers are sitting ducks for code execution attacks because of gaping flaws in wireless drivers shipped on both Mac and Windows systems, security researchers warned at the Black Hat Briefings security conference here.
A pair of hackers—David Maynor and Jon Ellch—demonstrated such a break-in on an Apple MacBook laptop fitted with a wireless card that was broadcasting its presence to another computer set up as an access point.
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