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20 December, 2012 | InformationWeek Security - http://www.informationweek.com/

The software from ElcomSoft -- a Russian provider of encryption-cracking software and other digital forensic tools -- accomplishes the feat not by cracking the containers themselves, but rather by exploiting the fact that once the containers are accessed, the decryption passwords get stored in computer memory. The software is designed to be used by digital forensic investigators -- for example, when investigating suspected insider theft incidents.

20 December, 2012 | Help Net Security - http://www.net-security.org

The complete decryption mode provides full, unrestricted forensic access to all information stored on encrypted volumes. Alternatively, by mounting encrypted containers as drive letters, investigators gain immediate, real-time access to protected volumes. In real-time mode, information read from encrypted containers is decrypted on-the-fly. The software offers true zero-footprint operation with no alterations or modifications to original content ever.

20 December, 2012 | FierceCIO - http://www.fiercecio.com

Russian digital forensics firm ElcomSoft has unveiled a new Forensic Disk Decryptor software that it says can make it possible to decrypt encrypted file volumes protected by tools such as BitLocker, PGP and TrueCrypt. [...] ElcomSoft has a long track record of successfully crafting attacks against security mechanisms such as the image verification system for Nikon and Canon cameras, the on-board encryption employed by the iPhone 3GS and even the encryption used by the BlackBerry Desktop Software to protect data backups.

20 December, 2012 | Simon Edwards - http://simonedwards.blogspot.ru

If you want your laptop's data to remain secure, even when stolen, one excellent solution is to encrypt the hard disk's partitions or even the whole disk. Popular options include Microsoft's BitLocker, Symantec's PGP Whole Disk Encryption and the open source TrueCrypt software. Elcomsoft has just announced that all of these encryption systems can be cracked by its new product, Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor.

11 October, 2012 | Threatpost - http://threatpost.com/

Caudill and fellow researcher Brandon Wilson recreated work done by Russian security company ElcomSoft, which specializes in password recovery solutions. Both were able to extract Windows passwords from the popular fingerprint reader, technology that was acquired by Apple earlier this year.

10 October, 2012 | CyberSecurity.ru - http://www.cybersecurity.ru/

Независимые ИТ-консультанты говорят об обнаружении серьезной уязвимости, из-за которой хакеры даже средней руки могут получить доступ к Windows-паролям на компьютерах Dell, Acer и 14 других производителей. Уязвимость была обнаружена в нескольких версиях программного обеспечения UPEK Protector Suite для считывания отпечатков пальцев и последующей авторизации на машине.

10 October, 2012 | VentureBeat - http://venturebeat.com/

Almost three months ago, Apple bought AuthenTec, a security company that builds sensors for PCs and phones to verify users and protect communications. One of the company’s products was Protector Suite, a secure way to log into Windows machines with your fingerprint. The only problem? The software stores inadequately encrypted passwords in the Windows Registry. In fact, according to ElemSoft, the passwords were almost in plain text. To put it bluntly, this “security solution” actually made PCs more vulnerable.

3 October, 2012 | Networkworld / Microsoft Insights - http://m.networkworld.com/

Russian corporate security and IT audit firm ElcomSoft claims to have developed tools with the ability to recover plain-text passwords used to encrypt documents in Microsoft Office 2013. In addition to a host of improvements and other changes, Microsoft beefed up the encryption scheme used to secure users’ data in Office 2013. With Office 2010, Microsoft used an SHA-1 class algorithm with a 128-bit key to encrypt plain-text password-protected documents. With Office 2013, though, Microsoft has moved to a technically more secure SHA-2 class SHA512 algorithm to calculate the hash values for the encryption keys, but it appears even that wasn’t enough. ElcomSoft, a privately owned company headquartered in Moscow, has announced that it has already developed tools to crack Microsoft’s latest protection schemes. Shocking, I know.

26 September, 2012 | Simon Edwards Blog - http://simonedwards.blogspot.co.uk/

According to Elcomsoft's researchers, Microsoft has done a great job beefing up the encryption of its Office documents. This has forced those who want to break it to move from brute forcing techniques to more advanced methods.

15 September, 2012 | Security Nirvana - http://securitynirvana.blogspot.com/

Elcomsoft has announced that certain versions of fingerprint software named Protector Suite made by UPEK (now part of Authentec) stores your Windows password in a 'scrambled' format in registry. This allows an attacker through different entry points to get easy access to a users Windows password. I have no reason not to believe Elcomsoft in their claims, but UPEK/Autentec seriously disagrees. In the middle of this I happen to have some questions, and an opinion regarding biometric software today.