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The Black Hat Wi-Fi Exploit
Joe Barr writes to tell us that while many have heard that an Apple was exploited in order to install a rootkit at the recent BlackHat security conference, most people don't know the details of how it works. This is no mistake, it seems that the researchers who demonstrated the flaw were intentionally vague. Some theorize that this is in response to the real or perceived threat of legal action similar to the situation with previous Blackhat presenter, Michael Lynn.
This is BlackHat, folks. They've probably hacked the water fountains to serve Bawls instead of water -- let alone installing a rootkit on a laptop.
Slow news day, I'd say.
Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
And here I thought it was the black hat wife exploit, guess I'm not gettin' any from the missus tonight!
No, it is illegal to use it as an exploit :)
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