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Apple Laptops Exposed: Battery Exploits Discussed At Black Hat

Calendar Jul 26, 2011 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Your laptop At the Black Hat security conference in August, Miller plans to expose and provide a fix for a new breed of attack on Apple laptops that takes advantage of a little-studied weak point in their security: the chips that control their batteries.

Modern laptop batteries contain a microcontroller that monitors the power level of the unit, allowing the operating system and the charger to check on the battery

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