Dave Maynor managed to hack a MacBook using only a third-party external Wi-Fi card, at the Black Hat 2006 conference in Las Vegas. See how he does it after the jump.

The Wi-Fi weakness isn’t just restricted to Macs – it’s also a problem for Windows, and wherever multiple parties (WiFi hardware manufacturer, OS developer) are writing portions of the drivers that aren’t properly tested with each other

[via NotebookReview]

Dave Maynor managed to hack a MacBook using only a third-party external Wi-Fi card, at the Black Hat 2006 conference in Las Vegas. See how he does it after the jump.

The Wi-Fi weakness isn’t just restricted to Macs – it’s also a problem for Windows, and wherever multiple parties (WiFi hardware manufacturer, OS developer) are writing portions of the drivers that aren’t properly tested with each other

[via NotebookReview]

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