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15/05/2012. ElcomSoft Discovers an Alternative Way of Accessing iPhone User Data, Provides Forensic Access to iCloud Backups File size: 193 K
16/03/2012. ElcomSoft Analyzes 17 Smartphones’ Secure Password Managers, Finds No Security. File size: 225 K
08/03/2012. ElcomSoft Adds AMD Radeon 7000 Series Support and New Wi-Fi Attacks Targeting the Human Factor. File size: 278 K
22/02/2012. ElcomSoft Discovers Most of Its Customers Want Stricter Security Policies but Won't Bother Changing Default Passwords. File size: 296 K
09/02/2012. ElcomSoft Recovers iWork Passwords, Supports Apple Numbers, Pages, and Keynote Apps. File size: 83 K
01/11/2011. ElcomSoft Updates iOS Forensic Toolkit with iOS 5 Support and Faster Acquisition Times. File size: 377 K
29/09/2011. ElcomSoft Recovers BlackBerry Device Passwords. File size: 70 K
30/08/2011. ElcomSoft Recovers Passwords to BlackBerry Password Keeper and BlackBerry Wallet. File size: 412 K
01/08/2011. ElcomSoft Recovers Passwords to US Government-Certified BlackBerry PlayBook Backups. File size: 184 K
25/07/2011. ElcomSoft All-In-One iOS Forensic Toolkit: Now with Keychain Decryption, Windows Support and iOS 4.3.4 Acquisition. File size: 191 K
02/06/2011. ElcomSoft Releases a Free Facebook Password Recovery Tool. File size: 301 K

"Secure Password Managers" and "Military-Grade Encryption" on Smartphones: Oh, Really?. In this paper we will analyze applications designed to facilitate storing and management of passwords on mobile platforms, such as Apple iOS and BlackBerry. We will specifically focus our attention on the security of data at rest. We will show that many password keeper apps fail to provide claimed level of protection. File size: 265 K
Open Sesame!. The easy way to restore access passwords to files, applications and databases. File size: 2220 K
An effective approach to restoring system access in Windows. File size: 1999 K
Proactive is better than reactive. Testing password safety – a key to securing a corporate network. File size: 1896 K

Mobile password managers: Cracking the security mechanisms Michael Kassner (TechRepublic) 26/03/2012
«Password managers for mobile devices are convenient. But are the cached passwords sufficiently protected? Michael Kassner asks two experts to explain the vulnerabilities.» Read more
ElcomSoft: Smartphone Password Managers Not Secure SecurityWatch, Neil J. Rubenking 16/03/2012
«If a disgruntled employee leaves company resources password-locked, ElcomSoft probably has a solution. With over 20 years of experience, the company "provides tools, training, and consulting services to law enforcement, forensics, financial and intelligence agencies." ElcomSoft researchers recently evaluated security in 17 password managers for iPhone and BlackBerry. Their conclusion? There isn't any.» Read more
Elcomsoft Criticism of iOS Password Apps Overblown TidBITS 16/03/2012
«Major password-keeping apps for iOS use encryption techniques that, depending on the strength of the master password, can be easily overcome in under a day, revealing all of the ostensibly secured passwords, security firm Elcomsoft said in a security conference presentation in the Netherlands.» Read more

Practical Intrusion Analysis: Prevention and Detection for the Twenty-First Century by Ryan Trost
IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets by Chris Davis, Mike Schiller, Kevin Wheeler
FISMA Certification & Accreditation Handbook by L. Taylor

Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor in regulatory and audit situations. File size: 43 K
A case of an accidentally encrypted photo library. File size: 43 K
Getting back access to your password-protected laptop. File size: 78 K

22/08/2010	How To Hack WPA/WPA2 Internet
	In this video you can see a step-by-step demonstration how to crack WPA/WPA2 encryption in Windows environment using Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor (v.2).
06/08/2009	All Wireless Security Is Now Broken
	Tcat House speaks about Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery that pioneered in implementing advanced technologies of using parallel processing capabilities of GPUs and multi-CPUs available, as well as linear scalability to reach “the screaming performance” in the recovery of WPA/WPA2-PSK passwords, which are no longer acceptable as a stand-alone defense.
18/01/2009	Hacking Wireless Networks Made Easy
	In The FrugalTech Show Bruce Naylor speaks about Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor (v.1.0) which can bust Wi-Fi encryption keys very quickly using commonly availably graphic cards and thus making a supercomputer out of a normal pc. He strongly urges that wireless security practices are essential for today’s users and Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor can help in it.