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Implementation flaw in Windows Hello biometrics

Brief overview OSes affected What is Windows Hello biometrics? What is DPAPI? Description of t ... More >>
 

Total recall: optimizing recovery process for Windows PINs based on dates

PIN stands for Personal Identification Number. But it is not just a number. It was first introduce ... More >>
Date: 09:59:47 03.04.2020
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  windows, pin, code, recover, restore, optimize, decrypt, guess, mask, hash
 

Obscurity first

  That was Windows Security's stupid behavior again that compelled us for this desperate p ... More >>
Date: 17:12:39 16.03.2020
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  windows, password, security, antivirus, software, defender, safe, personal, artificial, data
 

Farewell to Syskey!

Download the article as a PDF file, Hindi version, or Russian version Fare thee well, and ... More >>
Date: 15:11:44 19.10.2017
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  syskey, encryption, md5, rc4, aes, decrypt, registry, microsoft, key, sam, windows, fall creators update
 

Hash Encryption in Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Microsoft recently introduced a large anniversary update for Windows 10, one of its most popular o ... More >>
Date: 11:59:40 06.12.2016
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  windows 10, Anniversary Update, hash, sam, encryption, rc4, aes, security, ntlm, lm, decrypt
 

Vulnerability of DPAPI data protection in Win2K, Win2K3, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012

  Brief description of the vulnerability The problem Affected software Technical ... More >>
Date: 16:27:51 10.06.2014
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  dpapi, flaw, protection, vulnerability, security, windows, server, 2012, domain, administrator, password
 

Creating unique dictionaries for password recovery

A lot of water has flown under the bridge since the first password recovery tool has appeared, but a ... More >>
Date: 16:15:28 12.12.2013
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  password, recovery, brute, brute-force, dictionary, wordlist, create, tool, program
 

Windows tick-tock

  While assessing and analyzing new protection methods in various operating systems of the Win ... More >>
Date: 13:11:06 27.09.2012
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  windows, security, dpapi, efs, ntfs, active directiry, bug
 

Windows 8 stores logon passwords in plain-text

In one of our previous articles, you could read about ways to recover text passwords in Windows wi ... More >>
Date: 09:08:25 20.09.2012
Categories: 
Keywords:  windows, windows 8, logon, store, save, user, password, plain, text, windows password recovery, vault, pin, picture password, dpapi
 

DPAPI Secrets. Security analysis and data recovery in DPAPI (Part 2)

DPAPI Credential History Credential History in DPAPI CREDHIST data structure CREDHIST ... More >>
Date: 16:51:23 12.03.2012
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  dpapi, decrypt, blob, master key, credhist, secret,reset, password
 

DPAPI Secrets. Security analysis and data recovery in DPAPI (Part 1)

Introduction DPAPI architecture and security What is DPAPI What does DPAPI protec ... More >>
Date: 16:43:58 12.03.2012
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  dpapi, decrypt, blob, master key, credhist, secret,reset, password
 

Windows 8 to get its own password manager

According to preliminary information released by Microsoft, the forthcoming OS will have a built-i ... More >>
Date: 08:25:53 22.02.2012
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  windows,windows 8, password, manager, live id, logon, remember, restore
 

LSA Secrets in Windows

  What are LSA secrets? What is stored in LSA secrets? Where are LSA secrets stored? LSA Se ... More >>
Date: 09:28:32 04.05.2011
Categories: Articles
Keywords:  lsa, secret, windows, viewer, read, decrypt, reader, extract, download
 

Windows passwords FAQ

Q: What is password protection? A: ... More >>
 

Outlook Passwords

Use strong passwords that combine upper- and lowercase let ... More >>
 

Recovering lost Internet Explorer passwords: Theory and Practice

  German translation of the article can be found here. You can translate the artic ... More >>
 

Recovering Internet Explorer 7 - 9 passwords

  You can translate the article into your native language in order to get the progra ... More >>
 

Recovering domain cached passwords

You can translate the article into your native language in order to get the program's registrat ... More >>