Neowin News Feed for: Cracking

Windows passwords easily guessed by 25-GPU server

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:40:00 +0000

A server cluster comprising of 25 AMD Radeon GPUs can crack every single eight-character Windows password in under 6 hours, at blistering rate of 350 billion guesses per second Read more...

Cracking and pirating Windows Store apps is now possible

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:33:09 +0000

An application has been created that bypasses the protection of the Windows Store, allowing anyone to turn a trial Store application into the full version with very little effort. Read more...

Man jailed for putting porn on video billboard

Christopher White — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:14:15 +0000

Remember when defacing a website was the big news back in the day? Crackers would frequently put their logo or an amusing (or not so amusing) message on a site to gain "street cred" in... Read more...

3G mobile encryption cracked

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:10:45 +0000

Not too long ago, we heard that the GSM cellphone encryption was cracked and users were vulnerable to attacks. After GSM 64-bit A5/1 algorithm was compromised, the 3G algorithm was likely to follow shortly... Read more...

GPU-Accelerated Wi-Fi password cracking goes mainstream

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:43:19 +0000

The once thought 8 character length password may no longer be safe, after the GPU-accelerated password recovery attack can break weak WPA/WPA-2 PSK passwords. The Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor mentioned that its software can work... Read more...

Is Microsoft Cracking Down on DVD Ripping?

Steven Parker — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:51:52 +0000

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Is Microsoft trying to thwart DVD-ripping on PCs using Windows Vista with the new beta of Vista Service Pack 1? As I tested the public beta release of Vista SP1, I noticed the update crippled... Read more...

Progress made on cracking Blu-ray's special DRM, BD+

ZeroHour — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:58:25 +0000

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SlySoft, the Antigua-based company behind AndDVD HD, has claimed that it knows how to defeat the additional BD+ encryption available on Blu-ray devices, and that BD+ movies will be cracked by the end of the... Read more...

Google cracking down on YouTube copyright infringements

Simon Andrews — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:47:22 +0100

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Google has vowed to take better care of copyright infringement on YouTube, the company it recently bought out for $1.65B. It is believed that many lawsuits previously were held back, because YouTube was a small,... Read more...

Microsoft cracking down on pirates?

Tom Warren — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:17:55 +0100

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Today is talk like a pirate day and the crazy folks at Microsoft UK have issued a light-hearted press release having a jab at those who use pirated Microsoft products. Although the press release is... Read more...

Cracking Windows passwords in seconds [updated]

malebolgia — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 03:16:40 +0100

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If your passwords consist of letters and numbers, beware. Swiss researchers released a paper on Tuesday outlining a way to speed the cracking of alphanumeric Windows passwords, reducing the time to break... Read more...

Nintendo cracking down on importers

malebolgia — Sat, 07 Jun 2003 09:56:02 +0100

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Retailers caught selling imported games in European countries will no longer be able to sell Nintendo products. According to a report on UK site Ferrago, Nintendo has started to crack down on... Read more...

Group resumes Xbox cracking project

NTUsEr — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:29:30 +0000

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A group of computer hobbyists has resumed its effort to crack the main security code for Microsoft's Xbox video game console. The Neo Project, a group that uses distributed computing techniques to crack... Read more...

DAOC cracking down on the hackers and cheaters.

Sub — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:27:42 +0000

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In quake it was the autoaim. In Conter-stirke it was the Wall Hack. In diablo it was the trainers. Daoc has spawned a new set of cheaters. These few call them self... Read more...