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9 March, 2013 | The Economist - http://www.economist.com/

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.

7 February, 2013 | Ghacks - http://www.ghacks.net/

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.

7 February, 2013 | Bright Side Of News - http://www.brightsideofnews.com/

When Nvidia announced the 7+ billion transistor part codenamed GK110 as the chip behind the Tesla K20 and upcoming high-end Quadro and GeForce boards, a lot of questions were asked just how much compute power was taken out of GK104 chips, which now power the majority of Nvidia's lineup (GeForce GTX 660 Ti/670/680/690, Quadro K3000/K4000/K5000, Tesla K10). Thanks to ElcomSoft, we now know the answer to that question.

3 January, 2013 | PC Advisor - http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/

Russian password-cracking wizards ElcomSoft have announced a new product that can retrieve decryption keys for BitLocker, PGP and open source favourite TrueCrypt as long as the encrypted volumes were not securely demounted.

24 December, 2012 | SiliconANGLE - http://siliconangle.com/

Cryptography is the go-to defense for cybersecurity, it’s essentially the strongbox of the computing era—and just like a strongbox it’s not designed to keep the contents perfectly safe from all perpetrators, it’s designed to resist their attempts to get at it. It’s still possible for the Hole In The Wall gang to derail your train, make off with your payroll safe, and blow it open with TNT. However, given that technology to defeat locks advances with technology to make better locks, we can expect more subtle forms of extracting encrypted contents than TNT (brute force.) News is that Elcomsoft just released a Forensic Disk Decryptor running at about $299. According to the press, this software can beat protected volumes generated by popular crypography apps such as BitLocker, PGP and TrueCrypt

21 December, 2012 | VR-Zone - http://vr-zone.com/

A Russian security firm has announced that their forensic disk decryptor software package can now access any information on disks that have been encrypted with industry standard programs. The program cost $299 and will work against BitLocker, PGP, and TrueCrypt; but even worse it can do it in real-time.

21 December, 2012 | geek.com - http://www.geek.com

Russian company ElcomSoft today threw their grey hat firmly into the top-secret ring of internationally important security companies. Though the actual innovation is quite simple, the company today announced a $500 piece of hardware that could change the face of electronic security for some time to come.

21 December, 2012 | ArsTechnika - http://arstechnica.com

Cracking PGP, TrueCrypt, and other strong encryption packages just got more affordable, with the release of a $300 package that can pluck decryption keys out of computer memory in certain cases.

21 December, 2012 | SC Magazine AU - http://www.scmagazine.com.au

A Russian forensics outfit has launched a tool to pluck passwords used in Microsoft BitLocker, Symantec PGP whole disk encryption and TrueCrypt. Decryption keys were extracted from the software when encrypted volumes were mounted, including when the Windows machines were powered off.

21 December, 2012 | HOTforSecurity - http://www.hotforsecurity.com

With more and more sensitive data on mobile devices, software encryption has witnessed quite a boom in recent years. Backed by independent developers (such as TrueCrypt) or built into the operating system directly (BitLocker), software encryption managed to keep data away from prying eyes. Until now. Russian data recovery specialist Elcomsoft, announced immediate availability for their Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor, software that can unlock information stored in disks and volumes encrypted by BitLocker, PGP or TrueCrypt. While these data containers are virtually unbreakable without the password used at encryption time, they can be easily decrypted using an unconventional approach: retrieving the key from the system memory.