Showing posts with label physical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physical. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Physical attacks using Firewire

It seems that Firewire's specs allow for direct memory access, which is really really bad for security...given the right tools...

Well, it seems that one such tool has been released some time ago, along with the presentation slides on it ;) This one bypasses the Windows XP password lock screen to give you access...

Project page

Presentation slides

Code