[hblug] Windoze Linux Evil Partnership

[Perry Spiller]

Not quite what it seems, though.

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Kiwi Security Expert Exposes Windows Flaw

To use the tool, hackers must connect a Linux-based computer
to a Firewire port on the target machine. The machine is then
tricked into allowing the attacking computer to have read and

With full access to the memory, the tool can then modify
Windows' password protection code, which is stored there,
and render it ineffective.

More . . .
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4425376a28.html 
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