Attacking a weak crypto system
Our previous experience with hardware encryption has shown that budget is equivalent to almost useless. Unfortunately, Raidon's Staray S series is no exception and the various models in the series offer no real protection from serious attacks. This article explains how we conducted our analysis.
Of all the models in Chinese vendor Raidon's Staray S series of USB hard disk drive enclosures, often marketed in Europe under the trade name Stardom, the S325 stands out, because it works independently of PC software and uses a PIN pad integrated into the case. It splits a 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drive into two logical halves that, while the disk drive is mounted in the USB enclosure, operate like two virtual hard disks complete with partition tables. According to the vendor, all the data in the protected volume on the second half of the physical drive is encrypted. The enclosures only allow access to the encrypted portion after the user has entered the correct PIN.
