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Laptops Vulnerable to Simple Wireless Security Issue in Windows

Patch one thing and boom! here comes another issue. Not only that the fault lies not in a bug or flaw in the code; it was designed this way. Details were released at the ShmooCon hacker conference in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Brian Krebs of the Washington Post has the full details here.

It’s a pretty detailed explanation of the problem. A somewhat simplified look at it can be found here.

Read More on this Simple Wireless Security Issue (and how to prevent it) Here

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