Virus for OS X Mac kills battery
Operating system from Apple has always been considered an impregnable fortress for assorted hackers. Each virus has become a cause big scandal that is rapidly eroding due to the nature of the malware itself. The latest of them, MacDefender, caused a stir disproportionate to its functionality and has been locked by Apple to supply the future. However, OS X has enemies pohlesche. People who manage to break the system regularly and with impressive results. The name of one such person you have heard, and he again has something to boast in front of us.
Perhaps you do not know, but the battery of your MacBook is able to "think." Special chip monitors and controls heating and tension elements. Two passwords that Apple has closed access to these chips, figured out Charlie Miller, a renowned expert on computer security and an ardent lover of breaking "apples." Without thinking, Charlie began to experiment. What can a hacker with access to a laptop battery? That's right - bring it down. Physically.
Take a look at the picture in the news. They are dead, burnt batteries that Charlie had been killed just by changing the parameters of the above chip. According to a hacker myself an expert, knowing the passwords and specifications battery, you can blow it naturally. However, before such atrocious experiments is not reached. Being a man of noble, Charlie promises to announce passwords only on one of the hackers' conference - and at the same time to release a patch for OS X, blocking access to the chip from outside the battery. Apple's high time to take this man to work. Otherwise, again, something will break.
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