EPISODE · Dec 27, 2008 · 58 MIN
Advanced memory forensics: The Cold Boot Attacks (25c3)
from Chaos Computer Club - 25C3: nothing to hide (ogg) · host Jacob Appelbaum
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 sufficiently for malicious (or forensic) acquisition of usable full-system memory images. about this event: http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2922.en.html
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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 sufficiently for malicious (or forensic) acquisition of usable full-system memory images. about this event: http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2922.en.html
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