Intel patches holes in Centrino
Leak in wireless drivers and software duly plugged
Concerns have risen about the security of Intel’s Centrino platform after Intel released a raft of updates to device drivers and ProSet wireless management software.
The fixes address several small issues. One prevents attacks via the Wi-Fi connection – even from other wireless-enabled devices while another prevents a would-be attacker from gaining control of the system. The latter issue was with the driver software. However, it’s worth noting that there are no known exploits which would have taken advantage of these vulnerabilities.
You can download the software from the link below but be warned, at 129MB it is rather large, something which has drawn criticism from the security community. The download does contain a completely new version of the software though.
The flaws do give slight resurgence to the continuing debate about just how secure Wi-Fi really is. On a corporate level companies are still often reluctant to deploy Wi-Fi networks because of security fears.
Download the patches here.
Concerns have risen about the security of Intel’s Centrino platform after Intel released a raft of updates to device drivers and ProSet wireless management software.
The fixes address several small issues. One prevents attacks via the Wi-Fi connection – even from other wireless-enabled devices while another prevents a would-be attacker from gaining control of the system. The latter issue was with the driver software. However, it’s worth noting that there are no known exploits which would have taken advantage of these vulnerabilities.
You can download the software from the link below but be warned, at 129MB it is rather large, something which has drawn criticism from the security community. The download does contain a completely new version of the software though.
The flaws do give slight resurgence to the continuing debate about just how secure Wi-Fi really is. On a corporate level companies are still often reluctant to deploy Wi-Fi networks because of security fears.
Download the patches here.
posted by Unknown @ 5:45 PM
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