tag archive 'Password'

Researchers have cracked open a botnet that amassed more than 60GB of passwords and other stolen data, even as it cloaked itself using a state-of-the-art technique known as fast flux. When its command-and-control server was infiltrated, the Mumba botnet had snagged more than 55,000 PCs, according to the researchers from anti-virus provider AVG. The data-stealing [...]

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Tool name : MSNRecover version 0.1   Description : MSNRecover searches inside the Microsoft Credential management system for MSN authentication data. If such an entry was found targetname, comments, username and password are printed on the display.   Tested on : Windows XP   Feedback : In case you encounter any problems with the tool, [...]

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In a chat lasting over an hour, we got to talk to a person claiming to be the infamous hacker behind RockYou’s latest data security woes. While he claimed to have no animosity toward users, he had one clear message for websites: Take better care of your customers’ data. RockYou isn’t the only hacked site [...]

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The WPA Cracker is a cloud-based service that accesses a 400-CPU cluster. For $34, it can run a password against all 135 million entries in about 20 minutes. Those willing to wait 40 minutes can pay $17 to access the system at half mode. In addition to operating in the cloud, the service is also [...]

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Hackers have developed a distributed WordPress admin account cracking scheme that poses a severe risk for the security of blogs whose owners select insecure passwords. PHP scripts located on a virtual server run bruteforce (password guessing) attacks on targeted sites. Many sites can be attacked at the same time by the system, with results written [...]

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Guessing FTP passwords

According the latest Microsoft’s researches guessing FTP passwords is still a valuable way to harvest account information. People still forget or ignore to change their default password or change it that way attackers can easily guess. Microsoft releases password attack data Microsoft released data collected from an FTP-server honeypot, showing that attempts to guess passwords [...]

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Tool name : FFPasswordRecovery 0.2   Description : FFPasswordRecovery is a tool to extract and decrypt the Firefox authentication and auto complete information.   Tested on : Windows XP, Firefox 3.5.7   Feedback : In case you encounter any problems with the tool, you have suggestions to improve it, or you tested it with a [...]

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THC Hydra

      Tool name : THC Hydra   Description : THC Hydra is a fast network authentication cracker which supports many different services. When you need to brute force crack a remote authentication service, Hydra is often the tool of choice. It can perform rapid dictionary attacks against more then 30 protocols, including telnet, [...]

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Cain & Abel

      Tool name : Cain & Abel   Description : UNIX users often smugly assert that the best free security tools support their platform first, and Windows ports are often an afterthought. They are usually right, but Cain & Abel is a glaring exception. This Windows-only password recovery tool handles an enormous variety [...]

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Tool name : IEPasswordRecovery 0.1   Description : IEPasswordRecovery searches inside Microsofts protected storage area for Internet Explorer auto completion (authentication input fields in a page) and HTTP authentication entries. If such an entry was found the hostname, username and password are printed on the display. Only Internet Explorer up to version 6 use the [...]

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