A new study suggests that dynamic memory on computers stores encrypted, secure data longer than originally thought. The research project -- conducted by eight researchers from Princeton University, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Wind River Systems -- focused on retrieving encrypted data from dynamic random access memory, which temporarily stores information and processes until it is rebooted, regardless of the operating system running the computer. That memory flaw exposes all of the encrypted data on a computer to potential hackers.
February 23rd 2008