from computerworld.com

The author of several security books is slated to demonstrate how he could take advantage of flaws in Intel Corp.’s chips to launch a remote attack against a computer — regardless of what software platform it’s running.

Kris Kaspersky, an IT consultant and the author of Hacker Disassembling Uncovered and Data Recovery: Tips and Solutions, is booked to make the demo at the Hack In The Box Security Conference, slated to be held in October in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In a summary of his presentation, Kaspersky wrote that he will show off proof-of-concept code and demonstrate how to use JavaScript code or TCP/IP packet storms against Intel-based machines.

He also charged that such CPU bugs actually have damaged hard drives without users’ knowledge.