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	Code cracking is the new pot of gold - Security - Technology - smh.com.au
		The time it takes to crack password-protected Microsoft Office files has tumbled from a 25-day average to a matter of seconds, thanks to a decades-old code-cracking technique that until recently was not viable.
		In the past, passwords were cracked by randomly guessing at the correct string of characters in what's known as a "brute force" attack.
		It was used to crack Windows passwords with ease, something he hoped would change the way organisations managed their passwords.
	www.smh.com.au /news/security/code-cracking-is-the-new-pot-of-gold/2006/09/18/1158431640596.html (1050 words)

	Computer security - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Computer security is the effort to create a secure computing platform, designed so that agents (users or programs) cannot perform actions that they are not allowed to perform, but can perform the actions that they are allowed to.
		Computer security can be seen as a subfield of security engineering, which looks at broader security issues in addition to computer security.
		Secure cryptoprocessors can be used to leverage physical security techniques into protecting the security of the computer system.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Computer_security (1445 words)

	Encyclopedia: Security cracking
		In the computer security community, a fl hat is a skilled hacker who uses his or her ability to pursue their interest illegally.
		Computer security is a field of computer science concerned with the control of risks related to computer use.
		Cracking techniques can vary from using advanced programming skills and social engineering to using semi-automatic cracking software developed by others without understanding how it works.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Security-cracking (535 words)

	Security cracking - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the context of computer networking, cracking (also called fl-hat hacking) is the act of compromising the security of a system without permission from an authorized party, usually with the intent of accessing computers connected to the network.
		Phreaking is similar to security hacking, but performed on telephone systems.
		Cracking down on the new safecracker: automatic dialers provide the latest threat to security.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /security_cracking.htm (339 words)

	Introduction to password cracking - Xatrix Security
		Password cracking is a term used to describe the penetration of a network, system, or resource with or without the use of tools to unlock a resource that has been secured with a password.
		Security analysts are often called white hats, and white-hat analysis is the use of hacking for defensive purposes.
		Using the company's security policy, she confronts Tommy and explains that all personal property, such as laptops and palm pilots, are subject to search if on the premises illegally.
	www.xatrix.net /article.php?s=1758 (3206 words)

	Hacking techniques
		Password cracking is a term used to describe the penetration of a network, system, or resource with or without the use of tools to unlock a resource that has been secured with a password.
		In this article I will take a look at what password cracking is, why attackers do it, how they achieve their goals, and what you can do to do to protect yourself.
		Using the company's security policy, she confronts Tommy and explains that all personal property, such as laptops and palm pilots, are subject to search if on the premises illegally.
	www-106.ibm.com /developerworks/library/s-crack/?n-s-7182 (3335 words)

	_Improving the Security of Your Site by Breaking Into it_ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For security's sake, tftp should not be run; if tftp is necessary, use the secure option/flag to restrict access to a directory that has no valuable information, or run it under the control of a chroot wrapper program.
		Secure RPC goes a long way to diminish the threat, but it has its own problems, primarily in that it is difficult to administer, but also in that the cryptographic methods used within are not very strong.
		Trying to restrict access to "dangerous" security information has never seemed to be a very effective method for increasing security; indeed, the opposite appears to be the case, since the system crackers have shown little reticence to share their information with each other.
	www.alw.nih.gov /Security/Docs/admin-guide-to-cracking.101.html (7369 words)

	Enigma Machine
		The traffic was considered so secure that they openly discussed their plans and movements, handing the British and the United States a huge amount of very useful information.
		The important contributions to the War effort of a great many people remained unknown, and they were unable to share in the glory of what is likely one of the chief reasons the Allies won the war as quickly as they did.
		Their traffic was not so secure as they believed, which is, of course, one reason the British and Americans made the machines available.
	www.security.teleactivities.net /security/cryptography/introduction/enigma_machine.html (4925 words)

	Mac News: Security : Cracking Technique Highlights Password Concerns
		Aberdeen's Hemmendinger said password security is "fundamentally a human factor issue," adding that password security remains a low priority.
		Security experts often offer the same advice to users: Do not keep passwords written down near machines; do not pick obvious words or numbers, such as names or birthdates; and use a combination of letters and numbers.
		She added that usernames and passwords are not strong enough security for high-priority access and data.
	www.macnewsworld.com /story/31178.html (871 words)

	Security cracking -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The term 'cracker' seems to have developed from ' (A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism) hacker,' with a connotation of forcibility in addition to cleverness.
		Cracking techniques can vary from using advanced programming skills and (Click link for more info and facts about social engineering) social engineering to utilizing software developed by others without understanding how the cracking software works.
		The latter type of cracker is often referred to as (Click link for more info and facts about script kiddies) script kiddies (unskilled crackers are far more common than highly skilled ones).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/security_cracking.htm (168 words)

	Online Security: hacking, cracking, phreaking, intelligence services
		For those seeking to prevent security breaches, the first step is usually to attempt to identify what might motivate an attack on the system, how much the continued operation and information security of the system are worth, and who might be motivated to breach it.
		Other computer security writers suggest that, since an attacker using a network need know nothing about you or what you have on your computer, attacker motivation is inherently impossible to determine beyond guessing.
		Malicious individuals have regularly penetrated well-designed, secure computer systems by taking advantage of the carelessness of trusted individuals, or by deliberately deceiving them, for example sending messages that they are the system admin and asking for passwords.
	security.teleactivities.net (1704 words)

	Security cracking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the context of computer networking, cracking(also called fl-hat hacking, or hacking) is theact of compromising the security of a system without permissionfrom an authorized party, usually with the intent of accessing computers connected to the network.
		(The somewhat similar activityof defeating copy protection devices in software with the intent of using the software illegally is addressed at software cracking.) The term 'cracker' seems to have developed from ' hacker,' with a connotation of forcibility in addition to cleverness.
		Cracking techniques can vary from using advanced programming skills and social engineering toutilizing software developed by others without understanding how the cracking software works.
	www.therfcc.org /security-cracking-25193.html (187 words)

	USATODAY.com - Syria hands over Saddam's half brother (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A third Iraqi official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said Syrian security forces expelled al-Hassan from Syria into Iraq after he and his supporters had been turned back in an earlier attempt to cross the Syrian border into Lebanon and Jordan.
		Under Saddam, al-Hassan led the dreaded General Security Directorate, which was responsible for internal security, especially cracking down on political parties opposing Saddam.
		Qassem Dawoud, Iraq's minister in charge of national security, claimed that al-Hassan was supporting insurgents in Iraq from Syria, according to remarks published last year in Kuwait's Al-Rai Al-Aam daily.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2005-02-27-saddam-brother_x.htm (1224 words)

	Technology News: Security: Cracking Technique Highlights Password Concerns
		However, security experts downplayed the severity of the danger, adding that public disclosure of the technique before notification to Microsoft makes the issue seem like a publicity ploy.
		Security experts often offer the same advice to users: Do not keep passwords written down near machines; do not pick obvious words or numbers, such as names or birthdates; and use a combination of letters and numbers.
		She added that usernames and passwords are not strong enough security for high-priority access and data.
	www.technewsworld.com /perl/story/31178.html (812 words)

	Security Watch - Exploits and Attacks - Cracking the BlackBerry with a $100 Key
		There is a security pop-up displayed when an unsigned application tries to work with SMSes or with the data network.
		In general, there are no secure environments, there are environments that are adequately protectred or not.
		Security Watch is a trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff Davis Media Inc. is prohibited.
	securitywatch.eweek.com /exploits_and_attacks/cracking_the_blackberry_with_a_100_key.html (2270 words)

	Computer Security: The Complete Story
		While this security enhancement is a marked improvement, it is still possible for an attacker to gain control of the top-level unhandled exception filter by taking advantage of a design flaw in the way unhandled exception filters are chained.
		For network security, firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) may be utilized, along with performance measurement tools and network infrastructure health monitoring systems.
		Security issues ranging from misconfigured wireless access points (WAPs) to session hijacking to Denial of Service (DoS) can plague a WLAN.
	www.l0t3k.org /security (1997 words)

	Cracking
		Additional Information: Cracking is the art of breaking the registration, nag screen, time limits and various other aspects of a piece of software.
		The art of 'cracking' is a challenge to the
		Cracks and serials available for download, plus cracks on request.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Computers/Hacking/Cracking (326 words)

	ITworld.com - NT/2000 SECURITY - Cracking Windows 2000 Passwords
		We've spent the last couple of weeks cracking user passwords in Windows NT by using widely available tools and known flaws in NT's security features.
		With Syskey enabled, theoretically you simply use the same Pwdump2 utility I mentioned last week to dump the hashes and then crack the passwords from hashes.txt using L0phtCrack.
		To crack Active Directory domain's user passwords, you need the new version of Pwdump2, which has two primary enhancements.
	www.itworld.com /nl/nt2k_sec/02262001/pf_index.html (514 words)

	Latest Bluetooth attack makes short work of weak passwords
		The paper, which was presented at the MobiSys 2005 conference on Monday, caused a stir among security experts because the technique is the first general purpose attack to threaten Bluetooth devices.
		Two years ago, security researcher Ollie Whitehouse released a tool known as RedFang to detect Bluetooth devices, even if those devices where not broadcasting their address.
		Other minor security threats include Bluesnarfing, where attackers attempt to connect to weakly secured phones and grab data, and Bluejacking, where one person spams other devices within range with unsolicited messages.
	www.securityfocus.com /news/11202 (970 words)

	Cracking Hollywood's code - Security - Technology - theage.com.au
		In other words, producers will be able to change the keys on forthcoming products to try to prevent this crack from being successful in the future.
		BOTH Arnezami and another hacker, Muslix64, who managed a similar attack, realised that it is easier to bypass the protection system than try to decode it.
		Fixing the crack will be expensive and awkward for the movie studios: future pressings of DVDs will need to use different, unbroken keys and it is likely they will have to randomise the codes on every future HD and Blu-ray DVD rather than use the same one for every copy of a movie.
	www.theage.com.au /news/security/cracking-the-code/2007/03/14/1173722475394.html (1369 words)

	CERIAS Weblogs » Security Myths and Passwords
		Cracking is when an intermediate form of the password (e.g., an encrypted form stored in the authentication database) is captured and attacked algorithmically, or where iterated attempts are made to generate the password algorithmically.
		Security is not about rules that never change, it is about responding appropriately to identified threats.
		With cracking the security of the hash and the use of strong passwords are the key factors here, dictionary attacks do not take long and users tend to think simple if they have to make frequent changes.
	www.cerias.purdue.edu /weblogs/spaf/general/post-30 (12966 words)

	Why Hackers Discuss WEP & WPA Cracking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As far as the legality of cracking a security system, the government does it all the time because they want to determine their risk level.
		If you want to listen the fear that propagates because of ignorance about testing security systems, then by all means, stay in the dark and be ready to have your information stolen because you chose to ignore the warnings that were telling you of the possibility of weaknesses in your security system.
		Cracking someone's security system to use their connection for free usually implies you have no intention of paying for the service they are paying for and are loudly ignoring the security system they had in place that implied their unwillingness to share their connection.
	blogs.ittoolbox.com /wireless/networks/archives/why-hackers-discuss-wep-wpa-cracking-13678 (1587 words)

	E-Voting and Cracking RFID Security :Wireless Design & Development
		Security '05 delivers 22 refereed papers, including an analysis of the success in defeating the security of a cryptographically-enabled RFID device, detailing how security is breached in a Digital Signature Transponder, a device used to secure millions of toll payment transponders and automobile ignition keys.
		Homeland security is the focus of a session that explores initiatives where networking, security and policy come together in interesting ways as the DHS works with critical infrastructure providers to secure the nation's infrastructure.
		Security '05 offers its acclaimed in-depth training by industry experts covering topics ranging from network security monitoring with open source tools, organizing a cybersecurity exercise, defending Linux/UNIX systems, and software security.
	www.wirelessdesignasia.com /article.asp?id=97 (268 words)

	Middle Georgia Computer Users Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Encryption is used to secure or hide data from unauthorized personal and has been around from about 1800 BC and is not going away.
		What I mean by this is that with most basic cracking methods you are running the hash thought a dictionary and hoping the password is in the dictionary you are using.
		Rainbow Crack is a pre-compulated Burteforce attack and the attack data is stored in a data base called a rainbow table.
	www.middlegeorgia.org /default.asp?id=49&mnu=49 (771 words)

	Digg - Cracking WEP With Windows : Tutorial, Part 1
		I guess that's why there are plenty of convictions on record of people who cracked and gained access to WLAN's that they were not supposed to.
		WEP is really the lowest form of security anyone should be running on their wireless network.
		I may sound like an idiot, but the key that is uncovered by cracking WEP is not like those I am used to seeing.
	digg.com /security/Cracking_WEP_With_Windows_Tutorial,_Part_1 (3161 words)

	Matt's Unix Security Page
		For those who might think it unwise to publicly disclose security holes and the techniques used to pass through them, I urge you to read Charles Tomlinson's Rudimentary Treatise on the Construction of Locks.
		Crack is a tool for insuring that your Unix system's users have not selected easily guessed passwords which appear in standard dictionaries.
		YP/NIS is a horrible example of "security through obscurity." YPX attempts to guess NIS domain names, which is all that's needed to extract passwd maps from the NIS server.
	www.deter.com /unix (2394 words)

	Valery's blog - cracking vs. security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Yesterday I saw a question in microsoft.public.security.crypto newsgroup that was stated with word “cracking” where it should have used “security proof” (or something alike).
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	www.harper.no /valery/PermaLink,guid,ebe9aa4a-83ef-4b4d-9a6b-20187b3fdf3d.aspx (749 words)

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