Ryan Collins » windows http://ryancollins.org Educational Technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:46:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Beware of that Firewire port! http://ryancollins.org/2008/03/06/beware-of-that-firewire-port/ http://ryancollins.org/2008/03/06/beware-of-that-firewire-port/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:26:27 +0000 mr.rcollins http://ryancollins.org/wp/2008/03/06/beware-of-that-firewire-port/ There is a new technique that allows an attacker to unlock a Windows machine or login without a password. This vulnerability also affects OS X. Right now the hack currently requires a Linux laptop, but it could conceivably make its way to modified iPods.

To protect yourself you’ll need to disable Firewire in your PC BIOS, or on the Mac you will need to set the Open Firmware password.

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