Re:Compromised Linode, thousands of BitCoins stolen
by RLG_RLG on Friday March 02, 2012 @06:24PM
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Use BIOS & boot loader passwords. Encrypt the file systems. This will not stop 3 letter agencies, foreign governments, or aliens.
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Re:Compromised Linode, thousands of BitCoins stolen
by nknight on Friday March 02, 2012 @07:42PM
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It won't stop a private individual, either, not even one with a budget of approximately $0. Cold boot and similar attacks, even just yanking the memory or forcing a CMOS reset, are trivial. Please tell me you don't do this for a living.
Re:Compromised Linode, thousands of BitCoins stolen
by RLG_RLG on Saturday March 10, 2012 @11:18AM
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We are talking about live servers. Monitoring should detect server going down, raising suspicion of a physical attack.
The evil maid attack would be useful against the system admin's workstation. Securing NOCs is beyond the scope of this discussion, but it is not difficult.