August 13, 2020 News
Despite this year’s uneasy global events, our team has stayed focused on making Passware products even better and easy to use. To give you a brief overview of all the important updates to Passware products in 2020, we put together a short video.
July 14, 2020 Product Update
VeraCrypt and TrueCrypt continue to be two of the most complex types of encryption to bypass. Both tools provide an option to use keyfiles for encrypting volumes.
June 22, 2020 How-To
VeraCrypt and former TrueCrypt are two of the most challenging types of encryption to bypass with regard to their popularity as full disk encryption software.
April 07, 2020 Product Update
Apple takes privacy, security, and encryption very seriously. While the latest improvements in macOS and iOS security help users to keep their data safe, they also create additional challenges for forensic examiners. All the latest Apple computers are protected with the Apple T2 Chip that provides an additional layer of hardware-based encryption, making it difficult […]
December 18, 2019 Product Update
Passware Kit 2020 v1 introduces a built-in Dictionary Manager, support for VeraCrypt GPT system encryption, and optimized decryption process for hard drives. The new version also extracts passwords from Windows 10/8 standalone systems protected with Windows Hello: PIN and Picture password. Decryptum™ Password Recovery In partnership with Comino we have developed Decryptum – ultra-compact liquid-cooled […]
December 03, 2019 Research
The Passware team has analyzed over 4 billion real user passwords and gathered data on the latest trends on password use. About the Research As sources of passwords, we have merged leaked passwords databases available over the internet, passwords recovered by our software, and passwords uploaded to our Password Exchange server into a single database. […]
November 19, 2019 News
Passware announces a new strategic partnership with the leading developer of forensic acquisition and analysis tools – BlackBag Technologies. Passware, the leading expert in encrypted electronic evidence discovery and decryption, announced a partnership with BlackBag Technologies ahead of their upcoming release of BlackLight. BlackLight quickly analyzes computer volumes and mobile devices to shed light on […]
October 02, 2019 Product Update
Passware Kit 2019 v4 instantly decrypts Symantec Endpoint Encryption (EPE) disks via live memory analysis, improves password recovery for VeraCrypt, and supports EnCase EX01 image file format. The new version also resets Windows Server 2019 Domain Admin passwords and saves MS Office 2013-2019 encryption keys after decryption. What’s New Instant decryption of Symantec Endpoint Encryption […]
August 19, 2019 How-To
Did you know that Passware Kit can create a snapshot of a password recovery process at any time and resume it on a different computer? Running a password recovery attack, especially for multiple files or drives, might be a long process that requires a lot of hardware resources. In some cases, it might be necessary […]
June 19, 2019 Product Update
Passware Kit 2019 v3 instantly decrypts LUKS volumes via live memory analysis, extracts passwords and other data from macOS High Sierra keychains, and is twice as fast in recovering iTunes backup passwords on GPU than previous versions. The new version also recovers original passwords for QuickBooks databases to provide access to sensitive data fields. Instant […]
June 07, 2019 How-To
Decrypting BitLocker volumes or images is challenging due to the various encryption options offered by BitLocker that require different information for decryption. This article explains BitLocker protectors and talks about the best ways to get the data decrypted, even for computers that are turned off. BitLocker Encryption Options Protectors that can be used to encrypt […]
April 02, 2019 Product Update
Passware Kit 2019 v2 extracts passwords and other data from macOS iCloud keychains, decrypts VeraCrypt volumes for Linux, and supports an additional LUKS encryption type. The new Passware Kit allows users to create a snapshot of a password recovery process at any time, so that it can be resumed later or transferred to a different […]
December 14, 2018 Product Update
Passware Kit 2019 v1 introduces Password Exchange — a new opt-in service that provides access to the list of passwords found by Passware Kit users worldwide. We’re continuing to improve capabilities of distributed password recovery. The new version introduces a built-in tool to view logs and detailed status information for Passware Kit Agents directly from […]
November 08, 2018 Product Update
Passware Kit 2018 v3 recovers passwords for macOS Mojave keychains, MS Office 2019 files, and QuickBooks 2019 databases. It also introduces password recovery for Bitcoin Electrum wallets, 1Password OPVault and Online databases, and hard disks protected with Symantec Endpoint Encryption. The new version provides tools necessary for easy management of Passware Kit Agent clusters and […]
October 31, 2018 How-To
Passware offers a free tool, Encryption Analyzer, that scans computers and network drives, finds encrypted files and hard disk images, and lists them along with other related information, such as encryption type, password recovery complexity, and MD5 hash. This module is also integrated into all editions of Passware Kit to allow for immediate decryption of […]
October 03, 2018 Product Update
Passware Kit 2018 v2 becomes the first commercial forensic software to recover passwords for Bitcoin wallets. It also features instant decryption of APFS disks via analysis of iCloud or iTunes backups. The new version instantly removes passwords for QuickBooks 2018 and introduces improvements to core Passware Kit modules: Encryption Analyzer and Dictionary attack. What’s New […]
July 19, 2018 Product Update
We are celebrating 20 years of Passware with the biggest update to our flagship product yet, Passware Kit Forensic 2018 v1. From the all-new UI and faster GPU-accelerated password recovery to one-step memory analysis, we have improved the efficiency of our decryption tool, which has earned the trust of forensic and security professionals worldwide. The […]
March 29, 2018 Product Update
New Passware Encryption Analyzer 2018 v1 Beta is a free tool that scans a system to detect protected or encrypted documents, archives, and other types of files. This application provides detailed information about any protected items found, including protection methods and encryption types. It is now possible to sort items by their decryption complexity as well as […]
December 14, 2017 Product Update
Passware Kit 2017 v5 recovers passwords for McAfee Drive Encryption, extracts macOS High Sierra account passwords from memory images, decrypts LUKS drives, and supports iOS 11. GPU-accelerated password recovery is now up to 350% faster for TrueCrypt system partitions. A new, efficient Passware dictionary is available for download for our customers. What’s New Password […]
September 13, 2017 Product Update
Passware Kit 2017 v4 recovers passwords for DriveCrypt and instantly extracts the master password for 1Password for Mac from memory images. This version improves GPU-accelerated password recovery (up to 25% faster for RAR, ZIP, Microsoft Office, and Apple Keychain files). It also introduces GPU-accelerated password recovery for PDFs (encryption revision 3). What’s New Password recovery […]
June 22, 2017 Product Update
Passware Kit 2017 v3 includes password recovery for 1Password for Windows and password reset support for Windows Server 2016. The new version now decrypts BitLocker and TrueCrypt volumes after a successful password recovery attack and makes iCloud data extraction faster. What’s New Password recovery for 1Password for Windows Password reset for Windows Server 2016 Decryption […]
March 16, 2017 Product Update
Passware Kit 2017 v2 recovers passwords for iOS 10.2 iTunes backups, WPA/WPA2 WiFi connections. Instantly extracts passwords stored in iOS Keychain. Acquires images (including deleted ones) from iCloud Photo Library. Improves performance while running on multi-GPU systems or using Distributed Password Recovery. What’s New Support for iOS 10.2 iTunes Backups Instant Decryption of Passwords Stored […]
December 14, 2016 Product Update
Passware Kit 2017 v1 decrypts FileVault2 volumes instantly using data extracted from iOS backups, supports QuickBooks 2016 and 2017, 1Password for Mac. Adds dictionaries for Danish and Swedish languages. What’s New Instant FileVault2 decryption using data extracted from iOS backups Support for QuickBooks 2016 and 2017 Password Recovery for 1Password Dictionaries for Danish and Swedish […]
September 28, 2016 Product Update
Introducing the biggest update to Passware software family this year. Passware Kit 2016 v4 recovers passwords for VeraCrypt, supports iOS 10 and macOS Sierra, introduces a substitution attack modifier, and is now 2x faster on NVIDIA GTX 1080. What’s New Password Recovery for VeraCrypt iOS 10 Support macOS Sierra Support 2x Faster on NVIDIA GTX […]