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ElcomSoft: Nvidia Tesla K20 Beats a Dual GPU Configuration in Password Cracking
HARDWARE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
The well-known security firm just updated its applications with support for Nvidia Tesla K20 and received quite interesting results. The 2496-core card handily beats a 3072-core dual-GPU configuration.
On 2/7/2013 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Tech News Around The World: 12/11/2012 Long Edition
HARDWARE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
Internet freedom attacks from all directions... lots of news edition.
On 12/11/2012 by Bozo Kauric... Comments (0) Read more

MobileTrust - Mobile Keystroke Protection to Safeguard Your Data
CLOUD COMPUTING, ENTERPRISE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
Malware is becoming more and more prevalent in the world of mobile computing, many of these malware programs are specifically designed to capture your keystrokes, that's where StrikeForce comes in.
On 10/10/2012 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
Governor Brown Signs Bills on Social Media Passwords
SECURITY NEWS
Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills into law that keep employers or universities from demanding access passwords to Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter.
On 9/27/2012 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Android App Review: Hackers Handbook
SECURITY, SOFTWARE REVIEWS
In our first of many Android App reviews, we cover a paid application that gives you all of the tips and tricks of hacking all types of things.
On 11/7/2011 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
Global Security Attacks Intensify: US Senate, IMF, Banks and Game Companies
SECURITY ANALYSIS
In the past few weeks, reports have roamed the web about hacks of Sony by the comically named organization LulzSec. But also other companies have been broken into, namely Nintendo, Codemasters and Epic Games.
On 6/13/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

How to Create a Safe Password
SECURITY, SOFTWARE ANALYSIS
Key pattern analysis (KPA) in the computer world is similar to performing a piano concerto. Unlike a kitten on the keys, your keystroke pattern can protect you from a musical sour note, or from a stolen computer password.
On 6/1/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
ElcomSoft Breaks iPhone iOS4 Encryption
APPLE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
Nothing is unbreakable - Forensic experts from ElcomSoft managed to break the hardware encryption Apple introduced with the iOS 4.
On 5/24/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Crack Your BlackBerry: ElcomSoft Launches BlackBerry Backup Explorer
SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
Cryptology experts from ElcomSoft just launched Blackberry Backup Explorer, a forensic tool that gives you complete access to all the key information stored in Blackberry backups.
On 5/19/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Your Computer Habits Make You a Phishing Target
SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
Your own computer behavior can be blamed for all those phishing emails cluttering up your in box. That’s the conclusion of a university-based communications research project.
On 4/6/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

California Hacker Found Guilty, Could Serve Six Years in Jail
SOFTWARE NEWS
A California man has admitted to using personal information he hacked from women's e-mail accounts in Facebook to then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book.
On 1/17/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
If The Cops Ask, Give 'Em Your Password
SECURITY, BUSINESS NEWS
A 19-year old Oliver Drage from Liverpool protected his secret password a step too far. When police seized his computer in a child sexual exploitation investigation, refused to provide them with his password.
On 10/5/2010 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

ElcomSoft Finally Does it: GPGPU Cracks a BlackBerry!
APPLE, GRAPHICS, SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
ElcomSoft is introducing ElcomSoft Phone Password Breaker [EPPB], application which "grants forensic access to password-protected backups of all Apple mobile devices," adding support for BlackBerry.
On 10/1/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Tech on the Go Meets the Kingston DataTraveler-200
HARDWARE REVIEWS
Storage for mobile computing can be a pain, external drives are bulky while flash drives are too small. Not true of the Kingston DT-200 as it has size, speed and portability.
On 7/10/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more

Montana city runs from their Facebook controversy
SECURITY, BUSINESS

On Thursday, the lead story at the Bozeman, Montana Daily Chronicle newspaper was "City requires Facebook passwords from job applicants".

On 6/21/2009 by Thomas Gordon... Comments (0) Read more
CUDA-enabled GPGPU app cracks PGP passwords 200x faster than a CPU
GRAPHICS, SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS

Ever wondered what is the fastest password-cracking chip known to human kind? According to ElcomSoft - GeForce GTX295, a $500 card that eats up $4000 FPGA hardware.

On 4/24/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Russians release near-instant password cracker for Excel spreadsheets
SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS

ElcomSoft updated their Advanced Office Password Breaker suite with Rainbow Tables, new algorithm that is able to remove passwords in near-realtime from Excel spreadsheets using Microsoft's standard 40-bit encryption.

On 4/16/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
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