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Evil maid attack

An evil maid attack is a class of cyberattacks on an unattended device, in which an attacker with physical access alters it in some undetectable way so that they can later access the device, or the data on it.

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Methods of attack

Vulnerable interfaces

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Evil maid attack

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples61
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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Evil maid attack

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related to Origin · 10
Evil maid attack → Android, Androids, Defreez, He, In, Joanna Rutkowska, Rutkowska, TrueCrypt, USB, WhisperCore Android
related to Full disk encryption systems · 7
Evil maid attack → An, FileVault, Many, On, PGP Whole Disk Encryption, The, TrueCrypt
related to Notable instances · 7
Evil maid attack → Although, Beijing, China, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, He, In, Symantec CTO Mark Bregman
related to Legacy BIOS · 6
Evil maid attack → Additionally, Its, Legacy BIOS, Option ROMs, The, These
related to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface · 6
Evil maid attack → ASUS UEFI, For, However, TPM, UEFI, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
related to Detection · 5
Evil maid attack → Edward Snowden, In, One, The Haven Android, Vacuum
related to Network evil maid · 4
Evil maid attack → An, If, In, The
has prevention · 3
Evil maid attack → Basic, However, If
related to Mass-produced devices · 2
Evil maid attack → If, Mass-produced
is a · 1
Evil maid attack → class of cyberattacks on an unattended device

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device attack maid attacker evil disk unattended encryption access security victim boot devices password system physical firmware also data secure

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Evil maid attackis aclass of cyberattacks on an unattended device0.90text
secure boot were needed to mitigate it.The name refers to the threat scenario where a maid could subvert a device left unattended in a hotel roominstance ofand further security mechanisms0.80text
smartphones are especially vulnerable to a network evil maid attackinstance ofwhich is believed to be unpatchable and allows similar exploitation of DMA to gain total access to the system bypassing all security features.Mass-produced devicesMass-produced…0.80text
smartphones are especially vulnerable to a network evil maid attackinstance ofMass-produced devicesMass-produced devices0.80text
having the latest up-to-date firmwareinstance ofsuch as a device being taken away temporarily by airport or law enforcement personnel where this is not practical.Basic security measures0.80text
shutting down the device before leaving it unattended prevent an attack from exploiting vulnerabilities in legacy architectureinstance ofsuch as a device being taken away temporarily by airport or law enforcement personnel where this is not practical.Basic security measures0.80text
allowing external devices into open portsinstance ofsuch as a device being taken away temporarily by airport or law enforcement personnel where this is not practical.Basic security measures0.80text
respectively.CPU-based disk encryption systemsinstance ofsuch as a device being taken away temporarily by airport or law enforcement personnel where this is not practical.Basic security measures0.80text
such as TRESORinstance ofsuch as a device being taken away temporarily by airport or law enforcement personnel where this is not practical.Basic security measures0.80text
Loop-Amnesiainstance ofsuch as a device being taken away temporarily by airport or law enforcement personnel where this is not practical.Basic security measures0.80text
prevent data from being vulnerable to a DMA attack by ensuring it does not leak into system memory.TPM-based secure boot has been shown to mitigateinstance ofsuch as a device being taken away temporarily by airport or law enforcement personnel where this is not practical.Basic security measures0.80text
Evil maid attackhas preventionIf0.60section

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