Friday, February 22, 2008
Security boffins unveil BitUnlocker
Word arrives from The Electronic Frontier Foundation that a crack team of researchers – including the Foundation’s own Seth Schoen – have discovered a gaping security flaw in everyday disk encryption technologies, including Microsoft’s BitLocker as well as TrueCrypt, dm-crypt, and Apple’s FileVault.
Granted, it’s possible, but it involves accessing the key from memory during a rather short window.
