February 22, 2008 - 03:56 PM
NERD ALERT: Lest We Remember
Very interesting research out of Princeton University: a computer's RAM can be dumped up to an hour after it is shut down, allowing keys for encrypted drives, passwords, etc. to be correctly recovered. They even have a fully automated proof-of-concept against one particular encrypted drive product, as can be seen in this pretty cool video:
(And in case you were wondering, here's how two of the co-authors celebrated submitting their paper.)
