[Osx-nutters] Security Firm Disclaims Mac Hack Demo - VARBusiness

[David Cake]

At 10:32 AM -0700 18/8/06, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
>Thu. August 17, 2006
>In a video presented at the Black Hat USA conference in early 
>August, SecureWorks researcher David Maynor and Jon Ellch 
>demonstrated hacking into a MacBook, setting off a flurry of press 
>coverage about the insecurity of Wi-Fi-enabled computers from Apple 
>and PC vendors.
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>Now it seems SecureWorks is backing away from its suggestion that 
>MacBooks are just as vulnerable as other Wi-Fi-capable computers. 
>The company has posted a disclaimer on its site to make it clear 
>that the demonstration at Black Hat used a modified MacBook.

	The demo did not use a standard AirPort driver or card.
	So, if the security vulnerability does apply (and they won't 
give anyone enough details to dermine if its a real threat) its 
unlikely to a real problem in practice.
	Cheers
		David