I am looking for a reliable, affordable notebook to take with me when I go places. I really want a macbook for the looks (i know it seems silly) but was wondering about the battery life, the heat problem and the stain problem. Would I be better off getting a dell laptop which are usually pretty reliable, or should I go with the macbook.
Less Than a Minute to Hijack a MacBook's Wireless
Posted by timothy on Thursday August 03, @08:10AM
from the uh-oh dept.
Security Wireless Networking Bug Apple
Kadin2048 writes "As reported by Ars Technica and the Washington Post, two hackers have found an exploitable vulnerability in the wireless drivers used by Apple's MacBook. Machines are vulnerable if they have wireless enabled and are set to connect to any available wireless network, fairly close to their default state, and the exploit allows an attacker to gain "total access" -? apparently a remote root. Although the demo, performed via video at the BlackHat conference, takes aim at what one of the hackers calls the "Mac userbase aura of smugness on security," Windows users shouldn't get too smug themselves: according to the Post article, "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." Ultimately, it may be the attacks against embedded devices which are the most threatening, since those devices are the hardest to upgrade. Currently there have not been any reports of this vulnerability 'in the wild.'" According to this story at ITwire.com, they were able to exploit Linux and Windows machines, too. (Thanks to Josh Fink.)
Less Than a Minute to Hija
You'd be suprised but that is the same as a regular PC...You can crack a wireless WEP in 10 mins if you had a good enough wordlist.
And it also says that they have found atleast a couple of vulnerabilties on a windows OS.....And they most likely made a patch for it since they made the article.
Just some info :D
i know that but he asked about a macbook and that was why i posted the article..
also i wonder it will be in this months release
Dozen Windows, Office updates coming next week
windows Microsoft has 12 security bulletins in store for next Tuesday that address both Windows and Office issues.
Ten Windows bulletins will be released for Windows and two for Office as part of Microsoft's monthly patching schedule. Specific details on the types of issues that the bulletins address were not available, but at least one update for each product is considered critical and some will require a restart, Microsoft said in a notice posted on its Web site. Dozen Windows, Office updates coming next week | CNET News.com Linked by shanmuga Fri Aug4 2006 2:33am EDT
Has anyone had the stain problem, I heard it only takes 2 weeks to stain pretty bad. I would buy black, but then I could just get a standard windows PC which is black, and not have to worry about the issues that come along with a mac.
There will always be risks with wireless anything. There are some guys who broke into SpeedPass. Walk down the street listen to phone calls, look inti a home on the baby cam, open garage doors. Remote control is risky.
I am glad I keep an updated slipstream XP disk. I feel sorry for anyone who has to update from SP2. F-ing time for SP3.
