Kaspersky To Demo Attack Code For Intel Chips

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 14, 2008 @08:14AM from the also-releasing-a-paint-by-number dept.

snydeq writes "Kris Kaspersky will demonstrate how attackers can target flaws in Intel microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of OS. The demo will be presented at the Hack In The Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur in October and will show how processor bugs can be exploited using certain instruction sequences and a knowledge of how Java compilers work, allowing an attacker to take control of the compiler. The demonstrated attack will be made against fully patched computers running a range of OSes, including Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Linux, and BSD. An attack against a Mac is also a possibility."

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Re:That's Nothing, This November I'm Going To... by ergo98 · 2008-07-14 08:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Which I can do based upon my knowledge of how the catalytic converter in an 86 Ford Escort works.
You just wait.
Oh noes by wumpus188 · 2008-07-14 08:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

JavaScript can has Java compiler?