What is Cold boot attack?
An attack reading DRAM contents that persist briefly after power-off to extract keys and other secrets; cooling extends persistence. Prevented by memory encryption.
Field: Hardware Security
Cold boot attack in the explanations
Chilled right after power-off, however, DRAM can retain data for seconds to minutes—exploited by the "cold boot attack" to read encryption keys from memory.
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