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Press releases

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05/02/2013. ElcomSoft Breaks Passwords Faster with NVIDIA Tesla K20 Acceleration File size: 95 K
20/12/2012. ElcomSoft Provides Forensic Access to Encrypted BitLocker, PGP and TrueCrypt Containers File size: 332 K
26/09/2012. ElcomSoft Breaks Microsoft Office 2013 Passwords File size: 131 K
17/07/2012. ElcomSoft and Pico Computing Demonstrate World's Fastest Password Cracking Solution File size: 130 K
15/05/2012. ElcomSoft Discovers an Alternative Way of Accessing iPhone User Data, Provides Forensic Access to iCloud Backups File size: 193 K
08/03/2012. ElcomSoft Adds AMD Radeon 7000 Series Support and New Wi-Fi Attacks Targeting the Human Factor. File size: 278 K
22/02/2012. ElcomSoft Discovers Most of Its Customers Want Stricter Security Policies but Won't Bother Changing Default Passwords. File size: 296 K
09/02/2012. ElcomSoft Recovers iWork Passwords, Supports Apple Numbers, Pages, and Keynote Apps. File size: 83 K
01/11/2011. ElcomSoft Updates iOS Forensic Toolkit with iOS 5 Support and Faster Acquisition Times. File size: 377 K
29/09/2011. ElcomSoft Recovers BlackBerry Device Passwords. File size: 70 K
30/08/2011. ElcomSoft Recovers Passwords to BlackBerry Password Keeper and BlackBerry Wallet. File size: 412 K
01/08/2011. ElcomSoft Recovers Passwords to US Government-Certified BlackBerry PlayBook Backups. File size: 184 K
25/07/2011. ElcomSoft All-In-One iOS Forensic Toolkit: Now with Keychain Decryption, Windows Support and iOS 4.3.4 Acquisition. File size: 191 K
02/06/2011. ElcomSoft Releases a Free Facebook Password Recovery Tool. File size: 301 K

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White papers

"Secure Password Managers" and "Military-Grade Encryption" on Smartphones: Oh, Really?. In this paper we will analyze applications designed to facilitate storing and management of passwords on mobile platforms, such as Apple iOS and BlackBerry. We will specifically focus our attention on the security of data at rest. We will show that many password keeper apps fail to provide claimed level of protection. File size: 265 K
Open Sesame!. The easy way to restore access passwords to files, applications and databases. File size: 2220 K
An effective approach to restoring system access in Windows. File size: 1999 K
Proactive is better than reactive. Testing password safety – a key to securing a corporate network. File size: 1896 K

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Articles about us

Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones CNET 10/05/2013
«ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can "bypass the security software" if it chooses. Apple has created a police waiting list because of high demand. [...] Elcomsoft claims its iOS Forensic Toolkit can perform a brute-force cryptographic attack on a four-digit iOS 4 or iOS 5 passcode in 20 to 40 minutes. "Complex passcodes can be recovered, but require more time," the company's marketing literature says.» Read more
Picture imperfect The Economist 09/03/2013
«A feature introduced several years ago by Canon and Nikon, the two leading camera manufacturers, gives photographers a way to prove, if challenged, that their images have not been manipulated. When a picture is taken, the cameras attach a coded signature that is destroyed if the image is modified and resaved. An intact signature, then, should prove that a photo is genuine. But researchers at ElcomSoft, a computer-security firm based in Moscow, have shown that the system is easily fooled. Counterfeiters can copy an image’s security signature and reapply it after retouching, says Vladimir Katalov, ElcomSoft’s boss.» Read more
Forensic tool to decrypt TrueCrypt, Bitlocker and PGP contains and disks released Ghacks 07/02/2013
«Elcomsoft’s Forensic Disk Decryptor works well if you can get your hands on a memory dump or hibernation file. All attack forms require local access to the system. It can be a useful tool if you forgot the master key and desperately need access to your data. While it is quite expensive, it costs €299, it may be your best hope of retrieving the key, provided that you are using hibernation or have a memory dump file that you have created while the container or disk were mounted on the system. Before you make a purchase, run the trial version to see if it can detect the keys.» Read more

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Books about our software and related topics

Proactive Password Auditor

Practical Intrusion Analysis: Prevention and Detection for the Twenty-First Century by Ryan Trost
IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets by Chris Davis, Mike Schiller, Kevin Wheeler
FISMA Certification & Accreditation Handbook by L. Taylor

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Case studies

Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor in regulatory and audit situations. File size: 43 K
A case of an accidentally encrypted photo library. File size: 43 K
Getting back access to your password-protected laptop. File size: 78 K

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Presentations

22/08/2010	How To Hack WPA/WPA2 Internet
	In this video you can see a step-by-step demonstration how to crack WPA/WPA2 encryption in Windows environment using Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor (v.2).
06/08/2009	All Wireless Security Is Now Broken
	Tcat House speaks about Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery that pioneered in implementing advanced technologies of using parallel processing capabilities of GPUs and multi-CPUs available, as well as linear scalability to reach “the screaming performance” in the recovery of WPA/WPA2-PSK passwords, which are no longer acceptable as a stand-alone defense.
18/01/2009	Hacking Wireless Networks Made Easy
	In The FrugalTech Show Bruce Naylor speaks about Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor (v.1.0) which can bust Wi-Fi encryption keys very quickly using commonly availably graphic cards and thus making a supercomputer out of a normal pc. He strongly urges that wireless security practices are essential for today’s users and Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor can help in it.