Researchers hack Wi-Fi driver to breach laptop

Security researchers have found a way to seize control of a laptop computer by manipulating buggy code in the system's wireless device driver.

The drivers of various WiFi hardware are vulnerable and can be exploited very efficiently, even if the computer is not connecting/trying to connect to some network. Only defence is to turn them physically off when you dont need them and limit your usage of them to "somewhere safe".

These vulnerabilities were found by the use of a 802.11 Fuzzing tool called lorcon
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