Many thanks to all for your explanations, as always. Regards, C. L. Martinez ________________________________________ From: owner-m...@openbsd.org <owner-m...@openbsd.org> on behalf of Kevin Chadwick <m8il1i...@gmail.com> Sent: 13 September 2018 17:39 To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Firmware encryption hacked?
On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:23:11 -0400 > > Uhmm … Reality? > > https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/12/security-flaw-in-nearly-all-modern-pcs-and-macs-leaks-encrypted-data/?guccounter=1 > > Somewhat better writup from the source: > > https://blog.f-secure.com/cold-boot-attacks/ > > The vulnerability seems to be when a computer is running or "sleeping" > not actually off or hibernating. There are then ways that an attacker > with physical access might recover encryption keys or other data from > RAM. Old news. Also, cold boot attacks go atleast several years before 2008. In fact, expensive cold boot resistant hdd were around in 2005. </m8il1i...@gmail.com></owner-m...@openbsd.org>
