MacBook Wi-Fi hack didn’t use Apple drivers
Not that this news was any great surprise but, a researcher that exposed wireless driver issues at Black Hat didn’t use Apple drivers.
“Despite SecureWorks being quoted saying the Mac is threatened by the exploit demonstrated at Black Hat, they have provided no evidence that in fact it is,” Apple Director of Mac PR, Lynn Fox, told Macworld. “To the contrary, the SecureWorks demonstration used a third party USB 802.11 device–not the 802.11 hardware in the Mac–a device which uses a different chip and different software drivers than those on the Mac. Further, SecureWorks has not shared or demonstrated any code in relation to the Black Hat-demonstrated exploit that is relevant to the hardware and software that we ship.”
Tags: Wireless, Mac, Black Hat, WiFi Exploit, 802.11