Tag Archives: crypto

When more security results in less security…

Posted on 30-Sep-2011 by .

I read an article that famed cryptographers at Elcomsoft have discovered a method to brute force RIM Blackberry device passwords.  Usually a Blackberry will only allow 10 failed password attempts before wiping the device.  Elcomsoft discovered if a user enables media … Continue reading →

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How Big is Your Haystack?

Posted on 20-Jun-2011 by .

I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Steve Gibson and his Security Now! podcast.  Recently someone notified me of a neat website that Mr. Gibson created.  The website which he calls Haystack is a ‘brute force search space calculator’. So … Continue reading →

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The Power of GPU’s

Posted on 14-Sep-2010 by .

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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Truecrypt 7.0 Released

Posted on 29-Jul-2010 by .

Truecrypt 7.o has been released.  One of the interesting new features is it takes advantage of Intel’s hardware accelerated AES.  The new Intel i5 and i7 core’s include additional x86 instructions for hardware based AES block ciphering and key generation.  … Continue reading →

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