Researchers hack WiFi driver to breach laptop

Security experts have found a way to break into computers through buggy wireless networking drivers. Details will be revealed at the Black Hat conference late next month, said David Maynor of Internet Security Systems and Jon Ellch, a student at a U.S. Navy school. Systems don't have to be connected to a network for the hack to succeed; the key is simply that they're in listening mode. Tools for conducting this kind of attack are widely available and fairly easy to use.

For more on wireless security:
- read this IDG News article
- check out the Black Hat show

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