Kiwi Security Expert Exposes Windows Flaw
A New Zealand security consultant based has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password.More here.
Adam Boileau first demonstrated the hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been tested with Windows Vista, at a security conference in Sydney in 2006, but Microsoft has yet to develop a fix.
Interviewed in ITRadio's Risky Business podcast, Boileau said the tool, released to the public yesterday, could "unlock locked Windows machines or login without a password ... merely by plugging in your Firewire cable and running a command".
posted by Fergie @ 3/04/2008 12:27:00 PM
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