Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery 4.21 updated with stronger privacy control, breaks Mozilla Firefox master password
Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery 4.21 adds support for Mozilla Firefox master passwords, enabling accelerated attacks on the Firefox password storage database. In addition, we offer stricter privacy control, enabling EDPR to perform attacks on tiny files that only contain encryption metadata extracted from Microsoft Office, Open Document, Apple iWork, Hancom and Adobe Acrobat documents without any of the actual content.
👉 https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/746.html
📝 Release notes (PDF)
#firefox #hash #hashextractor #cloudcomputing #microsoftoffice #openoffice #hancom #adobe #passwordcracking #itsecurity #digitalforensics
Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery 4.21 adds support for Mozilla Firefox master passwords, enabling accelerated attacks on the Firefox password storage database. In addition, we offer stricter privacy control, enabling EDPR to perform attacks on tiny files that only contain encryption metadata extracted from Microsoft Office, Open Document, Apple iWork, Hancom and Adobe Acrobat documents without any of the actual content.
👉 https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/746.html
📝 Release notes (PDF)
#firefox #hash #hashextractor #cloudcomputing #microsoftoffice #openoffice #hancom #adobe #passwordcracking #itsecurity #digitalforensics
Tighter Control over Personal Information with Attacks on Encryption Metadata
When attacking a password, the traditional forensic workflow requires uploading the entire encrypted file or document into a password recovery tool. This approach, while simple and intuitive, has one major drawback if you are using remote computers or cloud instances to perform an attack. If the remote computer is compromised, the entire file or document is leaked complete with its (still encrypted) contents. Learn how to overcome this issue and perform remote attacks without the reason of leaking personal information.
Encryption Metadata
The solution to the problem is obvious: use just the required minimum of information to run the attack. In the case of document passwords, this means...
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2020/05/tighter-control-over-personal-information-with-attacks-on-encryption-metadata/
#hashextractor #passwords #itsecurity #computersecurity #datasecurity #digitalforensics #dfir #cloudcomputing
When attacking a password, the traditional forensic workflow requires uploading the entire encrypted file or document into a password recovery tool. This approach, while simple and intuitive, has one major drawback if you are using remote computers or cloud instances to perform an attack. If the remote computer is compromised, the entire file or document is leaked complete with its (still encrypted) contents. Learn how to overcome this issue and perform remote attacks without the reason of leaking personal information.
Encryption Metadata
The solution to the problem is obvious: use just the required minimum of information to run the attack. In the case of document passwords, this means...
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2020/05/tighter-control-over-personal-information-with-attacks-on-encryption-metadata/
#hashextractor #passwords #itsecurity #computersecurity #datasecurity #digitalforensics #dfir #cloudcomputing