In computing, virtual memory is a memory management technique developed for multitasking kernels. This technique virtualizes a computer architecture's various forms of computer data storage (such as random-access memory and disk storage), allowing a program to be designed as though there is only one ...
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PGP on hibernation files?
I was afraid reading this: This $299 tool is reportedly capable of decrypting BitLocker, PGP, and TrueCrypt disks in real-time
Seem to me that PGP and other sensible tools have to lock memory to ...
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Why encrypt data in memory?
I saw that KeePass not only encrypts its password-database-file, it also can encrypt the passwords it holds in memory. This is just an example. I thinking of a new project dealing with sensitve / ...
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Intepreting PE (Portable Executable) headers of suspicious malware files
I am starting up on malware analysis, and I am analyzing a file to see if it is packed or obfuscated.
Using PEview I am examining the .text, .rdata and .data headers.
I know that if there is a big ...
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Effects of DDoS attacks on memory use under Linux
Can someone whose Linux system is under DDoS attacks give me exact data on the effects of the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC), the High Orbit Ion Cannon (HOIC), Slowloris, PyLoris, Hping etc. on memory ...
