04.03.2008 20:06 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Windows passwords easily bypassed over Firewire

Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsAll of the sudden we're starting to see more and more attacks take advantage of what's stored on your computer's RAM -- the latest, from New Zealand's Adam Boileau, allows an attacker to unlock Windows passwords in a just a few seconds using a Linux machine connected over Firewire. Unlike those disk encryption attacks we saw that required a reboot, Boileu's attack works while the target computer is running, tricking Windows into allowing full write access to RAM a

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