Does Windows Vista is that secure and that’s no way for the hackers invade into it? Just came across an interesting blog post by a security researcher Joanna Rutkowska, that talked about the new ways to invade Windows platform and Vista x64 particularly and this include rootkit techniques and ways to defeat BitLocker drive encryption. She said in her post:

we will also present some new kernel attacks against latest Vista x64 builds. These attacks, of course, work on the fly and do not require system reboot and are not afraid of the TPM/Bitlocker protection.

The presentation she took part with her colleague is a training session that called “Understanding Stealth Malware”, one of the sessions included in the Black Hat USA 2007 Briefings and Training event in Las Vegas, which runs from 28 July to 2 August.

BitLocker drive encryption represented the data security issues addressed by Microsoft in designing the latest operating system, i.e. Windows Vista. And this data protection feature is the biggest selling point for Microsoft in attracting the users to upgrade their Windows XP to Windows Vista Ultimate. However, it is not arguably that like any technology, BitLocker also has its own avenues of attack.