It’s Hashed, Not Encrypted
How many times have you seen the phrase: “Your password is securely encrypted”? More often than not, taking it at face value has little sense. Encryption means the data (such as the password) can be decrypted if you have the right key. Most passwords, however, cannot be decrypted since they weren’t encrypted in the first place. Instead, one might be able to recover them by running a lengthy attack. Let’s talk about the differences between encryption and hashing and discuss why some passwords are so much tougher to break.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2020/09/its-hashed-not-encrypted/
#passwords #passwordsecurity #itsecurity #encryption #hashingpasswords #saltedhash
How many times have you seen the phrase: “Your password is securely encrypted”? More often than not, taking it at face value has little sense. Encryption means the data (such as the password) can be decrypted if you have the right key. Most passwords, however, cannot be decrypted since they weren’t encrypted in the first place. Instead, one might be able to recover them by running a lengthy attack. Let’s talk about the differences between encryption and hashing and discuss why some passwords are so much tougher to break.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2020/09/its-hashed-not-encrypted/
#passwords #passwordsecurity #itsecurity #encryption #hashingpasswords #saltedhash
Elcomsoft breaks VMware, Parallels, and VirtualBox encryption
New Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery 4.30 helps forensic experts gain access to evidence stored in encrypted virtual machines. The new release breaks VMware, Parallels, and VirtualBox encryption with high-speed attacks. In addition, the update adds support for multi-volume 7Zip archives, and brings advanced rule editing directly to the user interface.
👉 https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/766.html
#virtualmachines #passwordsecurity #parallels #vmware #virtualbox #computerforensics
New Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery 4.30 helps forensic experts gain access to evidence stored in encrypted virtual machines. The new release breaks VMware, Parallels, and VirtualBox encryption with high-speed attacks. In addition, the update adds support for multi-volume 7Zip archives, and brings advanced rule editing directly to the user interface.
👉 https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/766.html
#virtualmachines #passwordsecurity #parallels #vmware #virtualbox #computerforensics
Breaking Intuit Quicken and QuickBooks Passwords in 2021
Intuit Quicken is one of the oldest tools of its kind. Over the years, Quicken had become the de facto standard for accounting, tax reporting and personal finance management in North America.
Finances is an extremely sensitive area that demands adequate protection of the user data. However, prior to 2003, Quicken employed a weak protection scheme that allowed the intruder to break in instantly even if the password was set. Since Quicken 2003, the tool gained the ability to encrypt data. From now on, the password must be brute-forced in order to gain access to the encrypted data.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2020/11/breaking-intuit-quicken-and-quickbooks-passwords-in-2021/
#quicken2020 #intuit #quickbooks #passwordrecovery #passwordsecurity
Intuit Quicken is one of the oldest tools of its kind. Over the years, Quicken had become the de facto standard for accounting, tax reporting and personal finance management in North America.
Finances is an extremely sensitive area that demands adequate protection of the user data. However, prior to 2003, Quicken employed a weak protection scheme that allowed the intruder to break in instantly even if the password was set. Since Quicken 2003, the tool gained the ability to encrypt data. From now on, the password must be brute-forced in order to gain access to the encrypted data.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2020/11/breaking-intuit-quicken-and-quickbooks-passwords-in-2021/
#quicken2020 #intuit #quickbooks #passwordrecovery #passwordsecurity
Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor supports NVIDIA Ampere boards
Wireless Security Auditor 7.40 adds support for NVIDIA’s latest RTX 3000-series boards based on the Ampere architecture. By using the latest NVIDIA cards, the new release greatly speeds up the recovery process, improving the chance of successful attacks.
📝 Release notes (in PDF)
👉 https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/784.html
#nvidia #wifi #passwords #passwordsecurity #pentest
Wireless Security Auditor 7.40 adds support for NVIDIA’s latest RTX 3000-series boards based on the Ampere architecture. By using the latest NVIDIA cards, the new release greatly speeds up the recovery process, improving the chance of successful attacks.
📝 Release notes (in PDF)
👉 https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/784.html
#nvidia #wifi #passwords #passwordsecurity #pentest
Our Guidelines For The World Password Day
There was a 3-fold increase in identity theft and more than 2-fold increase in phishing attacks registered in 2020 compared to 2019 according to IC3 report. A whopping 50 – 81% of attacks (depending on who you read) are targeting both corporate and private sectors to steal users’ login credentials; that is, passwords. No matter what changes happen in data security, passwords remain the most wide-spread means of protection.
Today we would like to share our list of must-dos when using password protection. So, here are our recommendations for better password habits – not that we are going to discover America here, but it will help you to brush up your current security habits.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/05/our-guidelines-for-the-world-password-day/
#worldpasswordday #passwords #passwordsecurity #cybersecurity
There was a 3-fold increase in identity theft and more than 2-fold increase in phishing attacks registered in 2020 compared to 2019 according to IC3 report. A whopping 50 – 81% of attacks (depending on who you read) are targeting both corporate and private sectors to steal users’ login credentials; that is, passwords. No matter what changes happen in data security, passwords remain the most wide-spread means of protection.
Today we would like to share our list of must-dos when using password protection. So, here are our recommendations for better password habits – not that we are going to discover America here, but it will help you to brush up your current security habits.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/05/our-guidelines-for-the-world-password-day/
#worldpasswordday #passwords #passwordsecurity #cybersecurity
A Tale of One iPhone Backup Password
Have an iPhone backup but cannot get around the password protection? I have a story to share. I was recently contacted by an old partner from the other side of the world who asked for assistance in an urgent case. He had an iTunes-style backup of a device full of critical evidence, but the password locked him out of the data.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/05/iphone-backup-password-the-story/
#passwords #passwordsecurity #cybersecurity #ios #iphone #mobileforensics #dfir #iphonebackup
Have an iPhone backup but cannot get around the password protection? I have a story to share. I was recently contacted by an old partner from the other side of the world who asked for assistance in an urgent case. He had an iTunes-style backup of a device full of critical evidence, but the password locked him out of the data.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/05/iphone-backup-password-the-story/
#passwords #passwordsecurity #cybersecurity #ios #iphone #mobileforensics #dfir #iphonebackup