Monthly Archives: September 2010

Finding & Breaking Truecrypt files

TCHunt (Law Enforcement only) CERT’s CryptHunter 0.7 JAD’s Encrypted Disk Detector Passware & F-Response: Interesting video showing both tools to recover a Bitlocker key.

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The Power of GPU’s

There’s been a lot of talk recently about using graphics processing units (GPU) to crack passwords.  This was due to a recent paper published by a researchers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute.  Long story short: Make sure your passwords are … Continue reading

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Free FEMA National Incident Mgmt System (NIMS) online training courses

The Federal Emergency Management Agency which did the wonderful job with Hurricane Katrina and whose ex-directory now admits he should have asked for help earlier offers some great online courses.  The courses I noticed are around the Incident Command System (ICS) … Continue reading

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Security Magazines for Download

Two free e-zines that I follow have recently published new editions: Info Security Magazine and IATAC Newsletter.  Go check them out,  they release nice color PDF’s which are perfect for a Kindle or color printer.  Enjoy.

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NodeZero Linux Live CD

I usually rely on Backtrack as my security Swiss army knife.  However I recently learned of NodeZero Linux (formerly Ubuntu Pentest Edition-PE).  Once I give it a full shake down I’ll post a review of how I think it stacks … Continue reading

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