Don't go wireless at Black Hat
- IT TOPICS:Security
I am attending the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas and one of the things I decided against is taking my laptop and wireless card. I don't want to end up on the wall of shame. If you go wireless at Black Hat, you will be sure to find your user names and passwords advertised at Black Hat as having been compromised. It's a game of sorts. I was not confident enough to brazenly offer up my user names and passwords.
This article reminded me of the dangers of going wireless at Black Hat or anywhere for that matter.
Apparently, "Security researchers David Maynor and Jon Ellch performed a digital drive-by Wednesday at the Black Hat USA conference. Their target: an Apple Computer Inc. MacBook." The researchers found ways of seizing control of Windows and Linux laptops as well.
The flaw is with the wireless device drivers, not with the Mac OS per se. "Maynor and Ellch's presentation got high marks from last year's most-talked-about Black Hat presenter, Michael Lynn, who was sued by Cisco after disclosing vulnerabilities in Cisco's Internetworking Operating System. 'That was pretty awesome,' Lynn said, as the two were mobbed by show attendees after their talk."
I am glad I am not wireless at Black Hat.



