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Cracking at 300 billion passwords per second

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Password-cracking tools optimised to work with SSDs have achieved speeds up to 100 times quicker than previously possible. After optimising its rainbow tables of password hashes to make use of SSDs Swiss security firm Objectif Sécurité was able to crack 14-digit WinXP passwords with special characters in just 5.3 seconds. Objectif Sécurité’s Philippe Oechslin told […]

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Facebook Accounts Can Be Hacked For Only $100

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Facebook is cautioning its users to be more watchful, as a group of some Eastern European hackers are reportedly offering an online password hacking service that can help others accessing their user accounts on the website for just $100. Security firm PandaLabs has come up with this striking revelation about the service that can enable […]

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