Full Disclosure: Brilliant attack "bypasses" bitlocker

["Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor () hammerofgod com>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/05/windows_bitlocker_attacks/

This "method" is almost as bad as Dan's grammar ;)

"Among the methods discussed is what they call a "hardware-level phishing attack," in which a target machine is 
replaced with a counterfeit one that provides precisely the same messages and prompts that the original machine would 
have produced. The imposter machine captures user input and relays it to the attacker, who then uses it on the real 
machine."

I love the old, "replace the computer with an exact duplicate while they are not looking and get them to type in their 
passphrase" trick.   Certificates anyone?

t

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