Windows 7 Firewire Attacks - and Defense Techniques

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Hello,

In the course of the Windows 7 RTM release, the Security Research Lab would 
like to share some results on firewire/DMA based hacks and Windows 7, which is 
susceptible to such attacks.

While the attack vector itself is already known from previous Windows versions, 
we also describe the impact of Firewire-based Windows authentication bypassing 
on Microsoft's full-disk encryption solution BitLocker, the Encrypted File 
System (EFS) and Windows domains. A comprehensive section on countermeasures on 
different layers concludes this whitepaper, which can be downloaded from:

http://www.securityresearch.at/publications/windows7_firewire_physical_attacks.pdf

Moreover, we have developed a software solution to protect against 
Firewire-based physical security attacks on Windows systems which is discussed 
in a separate whitepaper:

http://www.securityresearch.at/publications/windows_firewire_blocker.pdf

The software can be downloaded here - use at your own risk:

http://www.securityresearch.at/publications/firewireblocker.zip 

Kind regards,
Benjamin

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Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Mag. Benjamin Böck
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