Moxie Marlinspike Leaving Twitter Security Team

Twitter has been collecting a lot of security talent in the last year or so, but now a major piece of the company’s security team is leaving. Moxie Marlinspike, the creative security and privacy researcher who founded Whisper Systems, which was acquired by Twitter in 2011, said on Friday that he ...

Microsoft Warns Users About ChapCrack Tool Availability

Microsoft is warning customers about the availability of the ChapCrack tool that Moxie Marlinspike built to crack the VPN credentials for systems built on MS-CHAPv2 protocol. The company said that while it’s not aware of any active attacks using the tool, customers can protect themselves by...

New Tool From Moxie Marlinspike Cracks Some Crypto Passwords

Moxie Marlinspike, the security and privacy researcher known for his SSLStrip, Convergence and RedPhone tools, has released a new tool that can crack passwords used for some VPNs and wireless networks that rely on encryption using Microsoft’s MS-CHAPv2 protocol. Marlinspike discussed the tool...