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The bad guys will use BitLocker, too

2007-07-13 18:03:36 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...BitLocker will affect the ability of law enforcement to conduct forensic analysis of a protected hard drive. Specifically, the person was asking about any back doors that law enforcement could use to bypass the encryption The answer is very simple, and I'm sure not what he wanted to hear: there are no back doors. Period Think about it for a...
 
Tags: bad guys, guys, law enforcement, beneficial, bitlocker, destroy beneficial utility, conduct forensic analysis, technology, bypass
 
 
 
 
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Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing

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2007-07-02 20:46:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
...BitLocker full volume encryption, because the cost of the upgrade is most certainly less than the cost of losing your data (and your reputation Learn more about BitLocker: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/ba1a3800-ce29-4f09-89ef-65bce923cdb51033.mspx Document protection When Alice creates a file and wants to give Bob...
 
Tags: data security, comrms data security, data, security, confidential information, information, information security, temporary data, data vanishes
 
 
 
 
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Cold Boot Attacks Against Disk Encryption

2008-02-21 13:29:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...BitLocker, which comes with Windows Vista; FileVault, which comes with MacOS X; and dm-crypt, which is used with Linux The root of the problem lies in an unexpected property of todays DRAM memories. DRAMs are the main memory chips used to store data while the system is running. Virtually everybody, including experts, will tell you that DRAM...
 
Tags: main memory chips, memory, todays dram memories, dram, dram contents, memory contents, disk encryption, hard, hard disk contents
 
 
 
 
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Disk encryption not enough?

2008-02-21 17:14:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...Bitlocker and Apple's FileVault has been circumvented by a few researchers. If this is as simple as they make it sound, this is a bit worrisome. However, I am not ready to buy this fully, till I understand this a bit more For one, I was under the impression that Bitlocker protected against booting via an alternative OS (especially a system...
 
Tags: bit, disk encryption, bit worrisome, article recently, article, sufficient protection, bitlocker, multiple scenarios, tpm chip
 
 
 
 
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Lock-In

2008-02-12 06:08:15 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...BitLocker, and we might get some other security features down the line -- despite the huge investment hardware manufacturers made when incorporating special security hardware into their motherboards In my last column , I talked about the security-versus-privacy debate, and how it's actually a debate about liberty versus control. Here we see...
 
Tags: lock-in, software, software development kit, custom software, software company, security, hardware, special security hardware, security mechanism
 
 
 
 
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Cold Boot Attacks on Windows Vista BitLocker Encryption Keys

2008-02-22 17:00:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Contrary to popular assumption, DRAMs used in most modern computers retain their contents for seconds to minutes after power is lost, even at operating temperatures and even if removed from a motherboard. Although DRAMs become less reliable when they are not refreshed, they are not immediately erased, and their contents persist
 
Tags: modern computers retain, contents persist, contents, drams, popular assumption, contrary, minutes, temperatures, reliable
 
 
 
 
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Encryption defeated, still an advocate?

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2008-02-22 16:15:15 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...BitLocker (a feature of Windows Vista), FileVault (a feature of Mac OS X), dm-crypt (a feature of Linux), and TrueCrypt (a third-party application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X). Since these problems result from common design limitations of these systems rather than specific bugs, most similar disk encryption applications, including many...
 
Tags: encryption, disk encryption software, encryption software, information security field, information, hard drive encryption, disk encryption, text information, encryption keys
 
 
 
 
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Disk Encryption in notebooks vulnerable

2008-02-23 05:00:03 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A team from Princeton University has developed ways to break disk encryption, including Bitlocker, Truecrypt, Apple encryption, and Linux encryption, if the computer is in sleep mode or sitting at a password prompt, or even if it's just been turned off
 
Tags: disk encryption, apple encryption, princeton university, linux encryption, password prompt, mode, bitlocker, truecrypt, computer
 
 
 
 
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Voting For Transparent Communication

2008-03-28 15:03:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...bitLocker-from-cold-attacks-and-other-threats.aspx , we like to talk to them on two important levels. The first is technical: what did they find, and can they help us reproduce it? The second is logistical: what's their timeline for disclosing a vulnerability, and how can we all work together to release guidance or protection for customers?...
 
Tags: security, security researchers, issues, security issues helps, researchers, level, vulnerability, vulnerability reports, technical level
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft helps law enforcement get around encryption

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472ec0 in Network World on Security
 
The growing use of encryption software -- like Microsoft's own BitLocker -- by cyber criminals has led Microsoft to develop a set of tools that law enforcement agents can use to get around the software, executives at the company said