Brian Krebs has a posting that deals with this MacBook nonsense that the mass media seems to have gotten wrong. Mostly due to the fact that characters at SecureWorks appear to be little more than glorified bullshit artists. From Brian’s blog
Update, 4:16 p.m. ET: I also spoke today with a spoke with a gentleman from Atheros Communications, the company that produces the wireless device included in Apple’s Macbook. The company’s chief technical officer Bill McFarland had this to say, in an e-mailed statement:
“Atheros has not been contacted by SecureWorks and Atheros has not received any code or other proof demonstrating a security vulnerability in our chips or wireless drivers used in any laptop computers. We believe SecureWorks’ modified statement and the flaws revealed in its presentation and methodology demonstrates only a security vulnerability in the wireless USB adapter they used in the demo, not in the laptop’s internal Wi-Fi card.”
So, with people trying repeatedly to get the folks at SecureWorks to back up the claims that made at Black Hat and their reluctance to come forward…I call bullshit on them.
[tags]MacBook Security, Black Hat, SecureWorks, Brian Krebs[/tags]
