Nadia Heninger

Topic: Practical information on the “cold boot” attack

Language: English

Bio:
Nadia Heninger is a PhD student in computer science at Princeton University.

Abstract:
In this talk, we will learn how to take advantage of the phenomenon of DRAM remanence to gain access to the contents of memory from a running computer, how the structure of cryptographic key material allows an attacker to easily find a key hidden in gigabytes of data, and how this structure can be used to efficiently reconstruct a key even from only partial information.