Samsung, Crucial’s Flawed Storage Drive Encryption Leaves Data Exposed
Firmware updates won’t address the problem, so admins need to take other action. Continue reading Samsung, Crucial’s Flawed Storage Drive Encryption Leaves Data Exposed
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Researchers crack disk encryption in popular Samsung and Crucial SSDs
Researchers at Netherlands-based Radboud University, which is active in almost all scientific fields, have discovered grave security flaws in several popular solid-state drives (SSD) that promise full disk encryption. In a nutshell, they can be cracked… Continue reading Researchers crack disk encryption in popular Samsung and Crucial SSDs
Self-encrypting SSDs vulnerable to encryption bypass attacks
Researchers have discovered security holes in the hardware encryption implementation of several solid state disks (SSDs) manufactured by Crucial (owned by Micron) and Samsung, which could allow attackers to bypass the disk encryption feature and access… Continue reading Self-encrypting SSDs vulnerable to encryption bypass attacks