Access member only content, take part in discussions with comments on blogs, news and reviews and receive all the latest security industry news directly to your inbox. Join now for free.
A confirmation email has been sent to your email address - SUPPLIED EMAIL HERE. Please click on the link in the email to verify your email address. You need to verify your email before you can start posting.
If you do not receive your confirmation email within the next few minutes, it may be because the email has been captured by a junk mail filter. Please ensure you add the domain @scmagazine.com.au to your white-listed senders.
Last month, we looked at how a patched vulnerability in the Microsoft DHCP client could provide the conduit for a wireless "worm". This has been quickly patched by the company. That said, there are other vulnerabilities that might be used to propagate such a worm.
Essentially one could hack a target machine over the air in a hotspot or anywhere else where wireless laptops are found. This discovery also unveiled a new propagation route for our theoretical worm. The public exploit code for this vulnerability is rather flaky, but it does work, and it's available on the internet. Refinement to the code will come, and will increase its effectiveness.
Registered users may log in here.
Login or Register now and get unlimited access.