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Under the proposed approach, a covert channel is used to encode the sensitive information by modifying the fragmentation patterns in the cluster distribution of an existing file. As opposed to existing schemes, the proposed covert channel does not require storage of any additional information on the filesystem. Moreover, the channel provides two-fold plausible deniability so that an investigator without the key cannot prove the presence of hidden information.
-- from the abstract of Designing a cluster-based covert channel to evade disk investigation and forensics
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Security quote of the week

Posted Apr 29, 2011 1:21 UTC (Fri) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

Armor. Armament. Armor. Armament. :-)

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