You can thank reader [Alexandre Novello]'s laziness for generating this hack. Actually, as a self-proclaimed "software guy" he would have never approached this project if it wasn't for the situation he was in: having to walk across the room to open the door for people, a door which has an electric opener right next to it. He's got a thorough write-up on how he built the client and server portions … [Read more...]
Shmoocon 2006: Cardbus Bus-Mastering: 0wning the Laptop
February 3, 2006 By 3 Comments
David Hulton (h1kari) talked about the implications of cardbus bus-mastering. It goes pretty much hand-in-hand with David Maynor's USB direct memory access work. The idea is using bus-mastering to take over other PCI devices, download passwords and keys from memory, unlock screensavers, and plant memory-based or firmware-based trojans. So, what kind of device could do all this? David works for … [Read more...]
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