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Cisco quells 'dictionary attack'
News Like any password-protected security mechanism, EAP-FAST could still succumb to a dictionary attack. I discovered one small reference to a dictionary attack vulnerability against user passwords, which I felt was insufficient notification for such a...
[April 15, 2004, 9:00]
Twitter hack details revealed
News A hacker called 'GMZ' launched a basic dictionary-based attack on the Twitter account for 'Crystal', a Twitter administrator, and successfully cracked the account's password, according to the email. A dictionary attack is a technique to fool...
[January 7, 2009, 13:36]
ZIP Key
Downloads A Dictionary attack supports mistypes and additional user dictionaries. The Brute Force attack is fast, with up to 3,500,000 passwords per second on an average PII system. If at least one file is available unencrypted, a Known Plaintext attack...
[July 27, 2004, 12:47]
Microsoft going after Hotmail spammers
News The defendants are accused of using a "dictionary attack" to discover active Hotmail accounts. A dictionary attack is one in which a computer program goes through every entry in a dictionary in an attempt to guess passwords.
[February 19, 2003, 7:50]
Wireless networks lure hackers
News But poorly chosen passwords can still be cracked with an old technique known as a dictionary attack: Using a list of common passwords and a dictionary of words, the potential intruder can try various combinations until the password is broken.
[July 13, 2001, 9:18]
Hackers attack eBay accounts
News A time-tested technique, a dictionary attack involves an automated program, or "bot," that tries to find a password for a known user ID by drawing on a list of common passwords and a dictionary of words.
[March 26, 2002, 10:41]
Worms target lazy passwords
News While not an epidemic, the attack did highlight that people frequently choose easily guessable passwords to guard their computers' security. The current Deloder worm, also called W32.HLLW.Deloder by Symantec and W32/Deloder.worm by Network...
[March 11, 2003, 8:42]
CrackAirport
Downloads This tool does a dictionary attack on WEP encrypted wireless networks. It doesn't require passive mode, thus works with both Airport and Airport Extreme cards. Use it to check rogue basestations for password security.
[May 3, 2004, 8:00]
PDF Password Cracker Pro
Downloads In addition, it has Key search attack, which guarantees the decryption (regardless the password length and complexity) of PDF files that use 40-bit encryption. PDF Password Cracker Pro allows to search for owner and user passwords with brute-force...
[July 25, 2006, 8:26]
Advanced PDF Password Recovery
Downloads The unique Key Search Attack guarantees the recovery of PDF documents protected with 40-bit encryption in a matter of days. The program instantly removes all restrictions and unlocks the protected PDF file; if you cannot open a PDF file without...
[February 21, 2008, 17:19]
Arcana
Downloads If a sufficiently long and complex password is used then even a brute force attack would take so long to achieve that the attacker would give up before succeeding. Arcana will generate passwords based on a combination of dictionary words...
[June 10, 2007, 8:00]
Windows Password Cracker
Downloads Brute force attack session distribution.The brute force crack feature is disabled in the demo version. Features: Program correctly extracts Windows usernames and passwords in national symbol encoding, Support brute force and dictionary password...
[July 9, 2008, 7:00]
Scraping, Denial of Service, and Brute Force Attacks! Oh My!: Identifying and Controlling Automated Clients
White Papers When a guessed password allows access to the system, the brute force attack has been successful and the attacker is able access the account. Many systems will allow the use of weak passwords or cryptographic keys, and users will often choose easy...
[October 6, 2009, 0:00]
Quicken Password
Downloads Brute Force Attack, Dictionary Search and Smart Force Attack methods must be used to crack password for opening the file. Complete password recovery solution for Quicken. There are two types of passwords used in Quicken: a password for opening a...
[March 1, 2008, 6:00]
Researchers claim WPA crack
Blog The attack] does not depend on the strength of the password used in the network and is not a dictionary attack. The attack is basically a modified chopchop attack. Chopchop is a very old attack on WEP, which allows the decryption of single packet...
[November 7, 2008, 16:20]
Secret codes 'not hidden in Web images'
News To prove that steganographic content had been hidden within these images, the researchers used their network of computers to mount a distributed dictionary attack, which they assert should have been successful in at least a few cases, citing...
[September 26, 2001, 13:27]
OpenOffice password crack is open to abuse
News Even if you have lost passwords for all your OpenOffice programs and documents, Intelore's solution can help you quicker than any similar program - OpenOffice Password Recovery supports simultaneous processing of several recovery projects with...
[April 23, 2007, 17:39]
Researchers demo keystroke-sniffing via laser
News In the second attack method, the researchers were able to spy on the keystrokes of a computer which was using a PS/2 keyboard through a ground line from a power plug in an outlet 50 feet away. In addition to being used to sniff a neighbour's...
[March 20, 2009, 11:34]
Echelon: Proof of its existence
News Percy argues that Washington may be in breach of a 28 year old disarmament treaty with Moscow if it builds an anti-nuclear shield to protect Menwith from attack. The Dictionary system: Echelon uses computers powerful enough to search through masses...
[June 29, 2000, 11:07]
Parallel Password Recovery (RAR module)
Downloads The simple and powerful Password Definition Language supports all well-known standard attacks (such as brute force, dictionary, misspelled password recovery etc) and also allows users to make their own attack types.
[February 27, 2009, 13:39]
