Passware, Author at Forensic Focus

Passware Kit 2022 v2 – Password Recovery for bcrypt Hashes and OpenCL Acceleration on macOS

13th April 2022

What’s new in Passware Kit 2022 v2: Password recovery for bcrypt hash Passware Kit for Mac with GPU acceleration support QuickBooks 2022 support Windows Hello protectors bypass for Windows 11 OneNote Revision Store support FDE decryption improvements Password recovery for… Read more

A Deep Dive into Apple Keychain Decryption

9th March 2022

When it comes to the forensic investigation of Apple devices, a Keychain analysis is of particular importance. Not only does Keychain contain passwords from websites and applications, but it can also provide computer forensics with access to the same user’s… Read more

Passware Kit Mobile Now Supports iOS 15.3 and Exports Data as DAR Archives

21st February 2022

Passware has released Passware Kit Mobile 2022.2.1 with support for iOS 15.3 and an option to save acquired file systems as DAR archives. This allows computer forensics to seamlessly analyze the mobile data decrypted and extracted by the Passware Kit… Read more

Passware Kit Forensic T2 Add-on: The First Password Recovery Tool for Macs With T2 Chips

4th February 2022

Passware continues to deliver cutting-edge decryption solutions for the forensic community. We are excited to announce the first forensic tool that recovers passwords for Macs with Apple T2 Security Chips! Passware Kit Forensic T2 Add-on runs on Windows or macOS… Read more

Passware Kit 2022 v1: Full Support for Windows 11, macOS Monterey, and Acronis Backup Passwords

18th January 2022

Passware Kit 2022 v1 fully supports the latest OS releases: Windows 11 and macOS Monterey, including BitLocker and APFS decryption, extraction of SAM passwords, and password recovery for Keychain files. We are continually expanding the range of file types and… Read more

Passware Kit Mobile – Now with iOS 15.2 Support

12th January 2022

Passware forensic products are used by the world’s top law enforcement agencies to crack cases where decryption is required. Now, the range of decryption solutions is topped up by Passware Kit Mobile – a forensic tool that extracts and decrypts… Read more

The New NVIDIA RTX 3080 Has Double The Number Of CUDA Cores, But Is There A 2x Performance Gain?

21st December 2020

The NVIDIA GPU release cycle is about two years: the RTX 2080 Ti was announced back in August 2018, with 4,352 CUDA cores, 1.2 times more cores than the previous generation GTX 1080 Ti, and it has exactly twice the… Read more

The New Passware Kit 2021 v1: Bootable Memory Imager And Instant APFS Decryption

17th December 2020

Memory analysis is an essential method of electronic evidence discovery. It allows computer forensics to decrypt hard disks and files and extract encryption keys and passwords. We are proud to introduce Passware Bootable Memory Imager – a new UEFI compatible … Read more

Extracting Passwords From The Acquired Windows Registry

25th November 2020

The Microsoft Windows operating system stores passwords and other login data for the installed applications on a system disk in the user profile directory, as well as in a hierarchical Windows registry database. By acquiring this database from a target… Read more

The New Passware Kit 2020 v4: Mask Attack, Latest iWork, and CSV Reports

15th October 2020

The brute-force approach is the most time-consuming password recovery method. We are proud to share that we have introduced Mask attack that significantly reduces the time spent on password recovery by skipping unnecessary character combinations. The new version of Passware… Read more

The New Passware Kit 2020 v3: Recovers Passwords for TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt Protected with Keyfiles

15th July 2020

VeraCrypt and TrueCrypt continue to be two of the most complex types of encryption to bypass. Both tools provide an option to use keyfiles for encrypting volumes. The content of the keyfile (or multiple keyfiles) is combined with the password,… Read more

Passware: Tips for Efficient TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt Decryption

2nd July 20201st July 2020

VeraCrypt and the former TrueCrypt are two of the most challenging types of encryption to bypass with regard to their popularity as full disk encryption software. Unlike Bitlocker encryption, TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt may encrypt their containers and volumes with multiple encryption keys… Read more

Passware Kit 2020 v2: Mac Version Provides Access To APFS From Mac with T2

25th May 20208th April 2020

Apple takes privacy, security, and encryption very seriously. While the latest improvements in macOS and iOS security help users to keep their data safe, they also create additional challenges for forensic examiners. All the latest Apple computers are protected with… Read more

Passware Kit 2020v1: Dictionary Manager and Support for VeraCrypt GPT

25th May 202020th December 2019

Passware Kit 2020 v1 introduces a built-in Dictionary Manager, support for VeraCrypt GPT system encryption, and optimized decryption process for hard drives. The new version also extracts passwords from Windows 10/8 standalone systems protected with Windows Hello: PIN and Picture… Read more

Password Trends 2019

25th May 20204th December 2019

The Passware team has analyzed over 4 billion real user passwords and gathered data on the latest trends on password use. ABOUT THE RESEARCH As sources of passwords, we have merged leaked passwords databases available over the internet, passwords recovered… Read more

Passware Kit 2019v4: Instantly Decrypts Symantec EPE & Is Faster For VeraCrypt

25th May 20203rd October 2019

WHAT’S NEW Instant decryption of Symantec Endpoint Encryption disks via live memory analysis Support for additional VeraCrypt encryption algorithms Optimized password recovery for TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt Support for EnCase EX01 image files format Export and import of dictionaries Saving MS Office encryption… Read more