Hit by a Bus: Physical Access Attacks with Firewire - 2008 - Ruxcon
Hit by a Bus: Physical Access Attacks with Firewire - 2008 - Ruxcon
Hit by a Bus: Physical Access Attacks with Firewire - 2008 - Ruxcon
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Traditional <strong>Attacks</strong> & Mitigation<br />
Attack<br />
• Boot off disk/cd<br />
• Open case, jump BIOS<br />
• Steal disk/machine<br />
• Keyboard loggers<br />
Countermeasure<br />
• BIOS Password<br />
• Case locks, intrusion<br />
switches<br />
• Kensington cables, disk<br />
cryptography<br />
• <strong>Physical</strong> inspection, two<br />
factor auth, biometrics<br />
In general, attacks are not at all stealthy, and the<br />
majority of environments defend <strong>by</strong> “having<br />
someone keep an eye on things”.<br />
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