You know how Windows are holier than Swiss cheese and Macs are air tight? Not so much.
That’s what security researchers at Ye Olde Black Hat Confab proved this week when they showed attendees how they took control of a MacBook by exploiting buggy code in wireless device drivers.
If you’ve got a friend who’s an Apple zealot and keeps shouting “I’M A MAC!” at you, send ’em this link and enjoy.
And is that “I’m a Mac/I’m a PC” campaign akin to daring hackers? Perhaps says David Maynor, one of the researchers who found the vulnerability:
“I’ve got to be honest, those Mac commercials, they just jump right out at you.”
Via Computerworld
