News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on AES Finder – the utility to find AES keys in running process memory. Parent comment

Re:AES Finder – the utility to find AES keys in running proc... by rojaz on Sunday September 06, 2020 @08:36PM (#24395809)
Why did having FireWire matter?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AES Finder – the utility to find AES keys in running proc... by ra on Sunday September 06, 2020 @11:18PM (#24396347)
Because FireWire has direct memory access (DMA).

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMA_attack

[ Parent | on HN ]