Spend the $17.00 and find out? On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 09:21, Manuel Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not sure on how this would be usefull if you use random passwords or > passphrases that uses the full ascii character set > > > 2012/2/20 Kurt Buff <[email protected]> >> >> >> http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/02/14/moxie-marlinspikes-cloudcracker-aims-for-speedier-cheaper-password-cracking/ >> >> By Andy Greenberg >> Forbes Staff >> 2/14/2012 >> >> A little over two years ago, well-known hacker and security researcher >> Moxie Marlinspike launched an online service that, for a fee of $17, >> could crack most wifi networks’ password in less than hour. Apparently >> that wasn’t fast enough. >> >> On Tuesday, Marlinspike launched CloudCracker, an upgrade to the >> Web-based penetration testing service he formerly called WPACracker, >> with a major upgrade to the speed and versatility of that >> password-breaking service. For $17, CloudCracker can now break into a >> standard WPA-PSK wireless networks by burning through dictionaries of >> possible passwords at about twice the speed of WPACracker, exhausting >> 600 million words in one hour instead of 260 million in the previous >> version . >> >> For networks with especially obscure passwords, the tool can now use >> dictionaries as big as 4.8 billion words in the same amount of time >> for the price of $136. And instead of only focusing on cracking wifi >> networks, the tool can now break passwords protected by Microsoft‘s >> Windows LAN Manager and NT LAN Manager hashing systems too, for a >> price of fifty cents for every password. Marlinspike says he hopes to >> add more password formats in the future. >> >> “We’re really trying to push the envelope in terms of password >> cracking,” says Marlinspike, a well known security researcher who now >> works for Twitter but built CloudCracker as an independent project. >> “Basically you get more dictionaries for your dollar, about twice the >> cracking power for the same price.” >> >> [...] >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________________ >> Certified Ethical Hacker and CISSP training with Expanding Security gives >> the best training and support. >> Get a free live class invite weekly. Best program, best price. >> www.ExpandingSecurity.com/PainPill >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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