cold boot attack (English, noun)
expansion: cold boot attack (plural cold boot attacks)
Senses:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of sidechannel attack in which somebody with physical access to a computer is able to retrieve encryption keys from a running operating system after a reboot. It relies on the fact that the contents of memory can still be read for a short period after power is cut off.
Forms:
form: cold boot attacks
tags: plural