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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 The link for this article located at Forbes is no longer available. . At the recent Black Hat conference, Alex Miller revealed serious vulnerabilities tied to battery attacks on Apple laptops, stressing the need for better security measures. Apple Laptop Security,Battery Exploits,Black Hat Conference. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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