Brian Krebs posted a very interesting article on a widely deployed wireless flaw. He indicated that a security researcher said the flaw is built into millions of new laptops from HP, Dell, Gateway and other computer makers.
Security researcher Johnny "Cache" Ellch said he reported the bug to Broadcom last month, and that the exploit code he released today is tailored to work on a very specific version of the Broadcom driver (Version 3.50.21.10). Still, he said, it appears that every version except a brand new one currently being distributed is vulnerable.
So what can you do now? It might not be a bad idea to disable the built-in wireless card when you are not using wireless ... geez, I am always using wireless!
This is a pretty important article that deserves some attention especially if you rely upon wireless. You can read Brian's article here.
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