Setting a custom FileVault (macOS FDE) passphrase

FileVault 2 is the full-disk encryption system of macOS. Normally, it's turned on from System Preferences, and locks the disk with the passwords of all the users allowed to unlock the machine. Overloading the login/unlock/sudo password is an understandable UX simplicity choice, but makes it very...

Setting a custom FileVault (macOS FDE) passphrase

FileVault 2 is the full-disk encryption system of macOS. Normally, it's turned on from System Preferences, and locks the disk with the passwords of all the users allowed to unlock the machine. Overloading the login/unlock/sudo password is an understandable UX simplicity choice, but makes it very...

Personalized User Focused Security: Stethoscope

Stethoscope is a web application that collects information from existing device data sources e.g., JAMF or LANDESK on a given user’s devices and gives them clear and specific recommendations for securing their systems. Stethoscope consists of two primary pieces: a Python-based back-end and a...

This Hack Gives Linux Root Shell Just By Pressing 'ENTER' for 70 Seconds

A hacker with little more than a minute can bypass the authentication procedures on some Linux systems just by holding down the Enter key for around 70 seconds. The result? The act grants the hacker a shell with root privileges, which allows them to gain complete remote control over encrypted Lin...

So I lost my OpenBSD FDE password

The other day I set up a new OpenBSD instance with a nice RAID array, encrypted with Full Disk Encryption. And promptly proceeded to forget part of the passphrase. We know things get interesting when I lose a password. I did a weak attempt at finding some public bruteforce tool, and found nothing...

Vulnerability can bypass the encryption endanger the majority of android devices-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Chip manufacturer Qualcomm mobile processors in the presence of a vulnerability,the vulnerability exists in 6 0% of the android phone,the attacker can use it to hack the device in the full-disk encryption. All running the Qualcomm processor android device only 1 0% can be from this attack. Duo...

Encryption Bypass Vulnerability Impact Half Android Devices

A flaw in chipmaker Qualcomm’s mobile processor, used in 60 percent of Android mobiles, allows attackers to crack full disk encryption on the device. Only 10 percent of Android devices running Qualcomm processors are not vulnerable to this type of attack. Researchers at Duo Labs said the...

How to Crack Android Full Disk Encryption on Qualcomm Devices

The heated battle between Apple and the FBI provoked a lot of talk about Encryption – the technology that has been used to keep all your bits and bytes as safe as possible. We can not say a lot about Apple's users, but Android users are at severe risk when it comes to encryption of their personal...

Apple hires Encryption Expert to Beef Up Security on its Devices

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have waged legal war on encryption and privacy technologies. You may have heard many news stories about the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino shooter. However, that was just one battle in ...

2015 Google Android Security Report

Last year was a landmark time for Android security. Google dealt with a major vulnerability in Stagefright, launched a monthly patch release and vulnerability rewards program, and continued to chip away at the number of malicious applications that find their way onto devices. Given all of that...

Petya of Salsa: a modified algorithm to bring the defect-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Previously the Hubble analysis of the system describes about the modified MBR for disk encryption extortion Trojan Petya's. Recently Leo Stone gives crack Petya key full blasting code and decrypt tool, and noted that Petya author is using a variant of the Salsa20 algorithm to perform key...

Subgraph OS — Secure Linux Operating System for Non-Technical Users

Information security and privacy are consistently hot topics after Edward Snowden revelations of NSA's global surveillance that brought the world's attention towards data protection and encryption as never before. Moreover, just days after Windows 10's successful launch last summer, we saw variou...

Microsoft Keeps Backup of Your Encryption Key on its Server — Here's How to Delete it

Have you recently purchased a Windows computer? Congratulations! As your new Windows computer has inbuilt disk encryption feature that is turned on by default in order to protect your data in case your device is lost or stolen. Moreover, In case you lost your encryption keys then don't worry,...

Google Makes Full-Disk Encryption Mandatory for New Android 6.0 Devices

Yes, Google wants you to keep your bits and bytes as safe as possible through encryption. With the launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop last year, Google wanted to make full disk Encryption mandatory, but unfortunately, the idea did not go too well. However, Google thinks the idea will go right this...

QNAP crypto keys logged on unencrypted disk partition in world accessible files

Affected devices: ================= Probably all QNAP devices running the QNAP modified 3.12.6 kernel with firmware older than 4.1.4 Build 0804. Verified on TS-453S Pro and TVS-471, both with Firmware 4.1.4 Build 0522. Probably fixed with Firmware 4.1.4 Build 0804 incriminating message gone, thou...

BackBox Linux 4.3 - Ubuntu-based Linux Distribution Penetration Test and Security Assessment

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable...

Open-Source Disk Encryption for Windows: LibreCrypt

LibreCrypt is an Open-Source “on-the-fly” transparent disk encryption for Windows both 32 and 64 bit. LUKS compatible – formerly DoxBox. This software can create “virtual disks” on your computer – anything written to these disks is automatically encrypted before being stored on your computer’s ha...

Android phone to restore the factory settings, the data can still be recovery-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

If you are planning to sell your old Android phone, we recommend that you still give more consideration to consider...... Android Restore factory settings function has a vulnerability, even if you restore the factory settings, hackers can still recover your login password, SMS, e-mail and picture...

Android Factory Reset Improper Sanitization Exposes Data

The churn of Android devices, whether older smartphones being traded in or sold online, makes device sanitization imperative. The native feature in the OS, however, may not be doing as thorough a job as advertised. A paper, “Security Analysis of Android Factory Resets” pdf, published by Ross...

Flawed Android Factory Reset Failed to Clear Private Data from Smartphones

If you’re planning to sell your old Android smartphone then you need to think again because there is a weakness in the Android Factory Reset option that could be exploited to recover your login credentials, text messages, emails and pictures even if you have wiped its memory clean. Computer...