Memory forensics
Robert J. Hansen
rjh at sixdemonbag.org
Fri Mar 5 22:30:05 CET 2010
http://jessekornblum.livejournal.com/259124.html
For quite some time we've known that hibernation files present risks for
information security. However, there are always those who say "until I
see an actual demonstration, I won't believe it."
The upshot: we now have an actual demonstration. The takeaway is that
you should be very, very careful about hibernating your computer while
passphrases are cached, or while GnuPG is actively processing a file.
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