As full-disk encryption becomes increasingly used to protect data, new software tools that can recover lost passwords or change forgotten ones are being released. Full-disk encryption will protect ...

Knowing how WiFi networks can be attacked is a big part of properly securing them, and the best way to learn about it is to (legally) run some attacks. [Matt Agius] has been going down the ...

Security services firm Trustwave has released an open source project aimed at companies that want to provide password-cracking as a service to their security teams and red teams, the company announced ...

One of the biggest security threats is password cracking. Are you an IT system administrator concerned about the security of your organization's data? In this article, we'll provide an overview of ...

There is a new tool offensive security teams can use for their password cracking needs. CrackQ is open-source and can provide metrics on the current jobs, queuing and re-queuing tasks. CrackQ is an ...

Russian security vendor Elcomsoft is offering a 20% discount for law enforcement and government agencies for some of its password-cracking software. Elcomsoft, based in Moscow, makes an array of ...

First released in 1996, John the Ripper (JtR) is a password cracking tool originally produced for UNIX-based systems. It was designed to test password strength, brute-force encrypted (hashed) ...

Cybersecurity firm Home Security Heroes published a study about AI and its ability to crack passwords. A new AI password cracking tool is capable of cracking a majority of six-character passwords and ...