cold boot attack

noun

Definitions

  1. A type of sidechannel attack in which somebody with physical access to a computer is able…

    A type of sidechannel attack in which somebody with physical access to a computer is able to retrieve encryption keys from a running operating system after a reboot. It relies on the fact that the contents of memory can still be read for a short period after power is cut off.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cold boot attack. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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