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OH MY GOD JC ANOTHER BOMB: Hackers Can Make Macbook explode
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers- ... 3094.shtml
Quote:A renowned security researcher has discovered that the microcontroller used to monitor the power level of an Apple laptop can be compromised. This can allow a hacker to run custom code, potentially even causing the battery to explode.

Security expert Charlie Miller, notorious for his hacking feats against Apple systems, reportedly examined the batteries in several Macbooks, Macbook Pros and Macbook Airs, and found an alarming vulnerability.

The researcher has found that the batteries’ microcontroller chips ship with default passwords. Once a hacker learns that password, they can learn to control the chips’ firmware and potentially hijack them.

Bad scenarios proposed by Miller include permanently ruining they battery, implanting it with hidden malware that infects the computer regardless of what is stored on the hard drive, and even potentially cause the battery to heat up or catch fire.

“These batteries just aren’t designed with the idea that people will mess with them,” Miller said. “What I’m showing is that it’s possible to use them to do something really bad.”

Miller found the passwords used to access Apple batteries by reverse-engineering a 2009 software update from Apple tasked with fixing a problem with Macbook batteries.

“You could put a whole hard drive in, reinstall the software, flash the BIOS, and every time it would reattack and screw you over. There would be no way to eradicate or detect it other than removing the battery”, said Miller.

He plans to publicly disclose the flaw, and provide a fix at the Black Hat security conference in August.

An employee of security firm Accuvant, Miller will most likely provide the fix to Apple first, so that the Cupertino company is able to patch the vulnerability before it’s too late.
07-27-2011 09:48 AM
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Re: OH MY GOD JC ANOTHER BOMB: Hackers Can Make Macbook explode

Oh wow. Sounds like a really good way of pissing off an enemy.

"Ask them no more questions, never hear them lying"

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07-27-2011 09:50 AM
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macs' security suck

Hopefully Apple won't take years to fix the exploit or whatever if it can be done in software.

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New idea of how I can piss my sister off...

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The Desert Fox Wrote:New idea of how I can piss my sister off...

Your sis has a mac?

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Phrozen_Soul Wrote:
The Desert Fox Wrote:New idea of how I can piss my sister off...

Your sis has a mac?
Ja.

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(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile
Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
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Exploding mac battery - an expensive firework.
07-27-2011 10:55 AM
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lol inferior technology

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Alucard483 Wrote:lol inferior technology

This right here.
Dips deserve it for buying a mac.

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That is awesome, how epic would it be to hijack someone's laptop and make it explode
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psychopath Wrote:That is awesome, how epic would it be to hijack someone's laptop and make it explode

About as epic as 2 f18's doing barrel rolls overhead while a giant kung-fu fight goes on choreographed to queen while free ice cream is served.

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Phrozen_Soul Wrote:
psychopath Wrote:That is awesome, how epic would it be to hijack someone's laptop and make it explode

About as epic as 2 f18's doing barrel rolls overhead while a giant kung-fu fight goes on choreographed to queen while free ice cream is served.
That's not very awesome.

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HeartofShadows Wrote:
Alucard483 Wrote:lol inferior technology

This right here.
Dips deserve it for buying a mac.

It's not like Apple is alone. Apple doesn't make their own batteries. Similar problems have happened to Dell and some other companies.

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Why would you spend that much money for an unimpressive explosion?

Spend considerably less, have bigger explosion, put in suit case or something.

Same damn thing
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this thread is now terrorist discussion
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Thought Criminal Wrote:Why would you spend that much money for an unimpressive explosion?

Spend considerably less, have bigger explosion, put in suit case or something.

Same damn thing
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John Tuttle Wrote:
HeartofShadows Wrote:
Alucard483 Wrote:lol inferior technology

This right here.
Dips deserve it for buying a mac.

It's not like Apple is alone. Apple doesn't make their own batteries. Similar problems have happened to Dell and some other companies.

Dell can go screw it self, I'm tired of talking to foreigners i can barely understand when i have problems.

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Phrozen_Soul Wrote:Dell can go screw it self, I'm tired of talking to foreigners i can barely understand when i have problems.


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^ I fucking love foamy the squirrel.

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