The key to the vulnerability: "To use the tool, hackers must connect a
Linux-based computer to a Firewire port on the target machine. The
machine is then tricked into allowing the attacking computer to have
read and write access to its memory. "
I assume this makes it a local login, not a domain login.
"Paul Ducklin, head of technology for security firm Sophos, said the
security hole found by Boileau was not a vulnerability or bug in the
traditional sense, because the ability to use the Firewire port to
access a computer's memory was actually a feature of Firewire."
So does the same capability exist on Macs?
Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry.seltzer_at_ziffdavisenterprise.com
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