If you want to grab the attention of a roomful of hackers, one sure fire way to do it is to show them a new method for remotely circumventing the security of an Apple Macbook computer to seize total control over the machine. That's exactly what hackers Jon "Johnny Cache" Ellch and David Maynor plan to show today in their Black Hat presentation on hacking the low-level computer code that powers many internal and external wireless cards on the market today.

The video shows Ellch and Maynor targeting a specific security flaw in the Macbook's wireless "device driver," the software that allows the internal wireless card to communicate with the underlying OS X operating system. While those device driver flaws are particular to the Macbook -- and presently not publicly disclosed -- Maynor said the two have found at least two similar flaws in device drivers for wireless cards either designed for or embedded in machines running the Windows OS. Still, the presenters said they ultimately decided to run the demo against a Mac due to what Maynor called the "Mac user base aura of smugness on security."


Full article (Washingtonpost.com):

Hijacking a Macbook in 60 Seconds or Less

I think apple needs to get off their high horse.
Mac OS X is not invincible, it is a computer, they can all be hacked into somehow.
The blatant arrogance of users is a prime example when the first Mac OS X virus was released on a mac forum post.
It was a joke, they didnt even seem to think a terminal application with a jpeg icon was suspicious.
Apple- Your OS is not invincible, so stop acting as if it is.

This is not mac bashing.
If i was a mac basher why would i be a member here?

It isn't invincible, but it is more secure. Apple knows that no OS is 100% invincible, which is why we get security updates.

Besides, this is a problem directly related to something that is neither Apple's nor Mocrisoft's fault.

BTW, is it safe to apply security updates on your Hackintosh?

a little off.... a lot already done it without a patch look here http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...=23194&st=0

GET IT RIGHT..

this is hijacking non Apple hardware.. it has to be a third party wireless card and Intel has released a patch for it It doesnt work off your apple airport wireless card which you get when you buy an Apple Mac.

Already been mentioned on the front page, so continue discussion here.