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Computerworld: ‘Cold Boot’ Encryption Hack Unlikely, says Microsoft

Microsoft product manager downplays threat posed by new research that shows how attackers can inspect a “ghost” of computer memory. Researchers cool down memory to -58 degrees Fahrenheit (-50 degrees Celsius) would give attackers as long as 10 minutes to examine contents of memory. Cold Boot is because criminals can boost their chances by cooling down the computers memory with compressed gas or even liquid nitrogen. Microsoft: Users can keep thieves from stealing encrypted data by changing some settings in Windows. Others at Microsoft pitched in last week to counter the widespread reporting of the Cold Boot research.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122315/computerworld—cold-boot–encryption-hack-unlikely–says-microsoft.html

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