Inception FireWire/Thunderbolt Hack

Inception:

Inception is a FireWire physical memory manipulation and hacking tool exploiting IEEE 1394 SBP-2 DMA. The tool can unlock (any password accepted) and escalate privileges to Administrator/root on almost any powered on machine you have physical access to. The tool can attack over FireWire, Thunderbolt, ExpressCard, PC Card and any other PCI/PCIe interfaces.

Via Jen Savage, who writes:

I knew these Thunderbolt/FireWire attacks were possible, but I wasn’t aware there was a tool that makes them easy.

Crucially:

If FileVault 2 is enabled, the tool will only work when the operating system is unlocked.

Exploit FileVault FireWire Linux Mac Open Source Security Thunderbolt Windows

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