Cold Boot Attack!

“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”.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDaicPIgn9U

Source: Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University


4 responses to “Cold Boot Attack!”

  1. That was very interesting! Although I knew the information remains for a few seconds in memory, I had no idea it was so easy to capture and search for passwords.

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