SecurityRatty: tag: hibernation

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To sleep, power off or hibernate - cold boot and user behaviour..

2008-03-14 16:14:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage

...hibernation seems to take longer. And with FDE enabled systems, this becomes more interesting More RAM, larger hibernation file Larger hibernation file -> longer time to encrypt, i.e. close Larger hibernation file-> much longer time to decrypt and open Hmm... I see sleep or power off as the only viable options for most folks with FDE Now...

Tags: larger hibernation file, hibernation, larger hibernation file-, power, cool, chips, cold boot attack, power modes, cold boot risk

A sneak peek at a Black Hat presentation

2008-07-30 18:08:27 by HASH0x8c270c8 in StillSecure, After All These Years

...hibernation mode accessing the memory will yield nothing Take advantage of BIOS memory smashing : By strategically placing keys in certain regions of memory, we can rely on the BIOS boot process to overwrite keys before any operating system can dump the contents of memory Is it chilly in here? : Using built-in temperature sensors, we can lock...