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Comment most data is lost (Score 1) 226

by shawngiese (#19227209) Attached to: CERN Collider To Trigger a Data Deluge
When I was at a tour of the facility a couple of years ago I asked how they could store so much data so fast. They replied that in fact most (80-90%) of the data was lost instantly at the collision but that they could selectively record certain amounts of data that they would use to validate theories.

Less Than a Minute to Hijack a MacBook's Wireless 390

Posted by timothy from the uh-oh dept.
Kadin2048 writes "As reported by Ars Technica and the Washington Post, two hackers have found an exploitable vulnerability in the wireless drivers used by Apple's MacBook. Machines are vulnerable if they have wireless enabled and are set to connect to any available wireless network, fairly close to their default state, and the exploit allows an attacker to gain "total access" -— apparently a remote root. Although the demo, performed via video at the BlackHat conference, takes aim at what one of the hackers calls the "Mac userbase aura of smugness on security," Windows users shouldn't get too smug themselves: according to the Post article, "the two have found at least two similar flaws in device drivers for wireless cards either designed for or embedded in machines running the Windows OS." Ultimately, it may be the attacks against embedded devices which are the most threatening, since those devices are the hardest to upgrade. Currently there have not been any reports of this vulnerability 'in the wild.'" According to this story at ITwire.com, they were able to exploit Linux and Windows machines, too. (Thanks to Josh Fink.)

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