Pervasive memory scraping is rapidly finding its way into info stealing attacks

MrBrian · Feb 25, 2011

From http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/022211-pervasive-memory-malware.html:

Simply put, pervasive memory scraping is used by attackers who have gained administrative privileges to successfully get hold of personally identifiable information (PII) and other sensitive data held encrypted in a file system, according to Ed Skoudis, senior security consultant at InGuardians who is also an instructor at SANS events. Evidence of this attack is coming up again and again in data-breach cases, he said.
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Also covered at http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1641.

chronomatic · Feb 26, 2011

Bottom line, if an attacker has control over your machine, encryption is not going to do much good. This is not really a revelation. Any crypto software designer will tell you the same thing.

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