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• An Introduction To Microsoft Vista Business

  
  Computer World Articles | maniak-computer.blogspot.com — Authority: 127
  As Im sure you already know, Microsoft Vista is on the way! Microsoft projects that all five versions of Vista will be available by mid-2006, and if that holds this will be the longest time period ever between versions of Windows. Yes, thats right - I said "all five versions". Microsoft says that past versions of ...
  2 days ago

• Restorify, BitLocker, Hyper-V

  
  Dan Griffin's Blog — Authority: 116
  For MSPs configuring Windows Server 2008 R2 machines to run on customer sites, and for so-called “branch office” scenarios, we recommend the use of BitLocker. This whitepaper , although outdated (it’s for 2008, not R2), explains some of the reasons for this recommendation. In summary, small offices tend to be ...
  2 weeks ago

• BitLocker

  
  Dan Griffin's Blog — Authority: 116
  I’m in the process of flattening and rebuilding my Lenovo T61 (widescreen = badass). It was previously running Vista SP2 and was starting to exhibit the kind of strange behavior that we’ve come to expect from computers that have been ridden hard for more than two years without an opportunity to revitalize. It’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft shakes off “BitLocker cracked” claims

  
  BlogoFlux - Information Technology Blog — Authority: 134
  Microsoft senior director Paul Cooke has rubbished claims that the software giants hard drive encryption tool, BitLocker, has been “cracked”. Several reports over the last few weeks have highlighted weaknesses regarding BitLocker Drive Encryption (BDE) and some have claimed commercial software can “crack” ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft BitLocker & Security

  
  Software Ruminations — Authority: 123
  BitLocker is Microsoft’s drive encryption software that first appeared in Vista and now Windows 7, along with Bitlocker to Go for USB devices. Having Hard drive and USB drive encryption built into the desktop OS is a great idea, as it reduces the cost & complexity barriers for companies looking to adopt better ...
  2 weeks ago

• Researchers break into BitLocker

  
  Recent White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - ZDNet — Authority: 454
  Researchers published a technique for getting around Microsofts BitLocker disk-encryption technology, even when BitLocker is used in connection with a hardware-based Trusted Platform Module. The security test lab of Fraunhofer SIT has published a technique for getting around Microsofts BitLocker disk-encryption ...
  2 weeks ago

• Windows BitLocker Claims

  
  The Windows Blog — Authority: 627
  Windows 7 is seeing success in the marketplace which I am very happy about from a security perspective. The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report has shown us again and again that the more up-to-date a PC is, the less likely it is to be infected by malware and other potentially dangerous software. So Windows 7 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft BitLocker Attack Illustrated

  
  Infosecurity.US — Authority: 132
  News , via HeiseSecurity , of an apparently successful attack method targeting Microsoft Corporation’s (NasdaqGS: MSFT ) BitLocker encryption product. Designed by none other than Fraunhofer SIT , the attack is rather simplistic in nature, yet devastating in outcome. Evidently, simple substitution – a shell ...
  2 weeks ago

• Crack Available for Windows 7 BitLocker Hard Drive Encryption

  
  HitsGarden — Authority: 99
  One of the major features that, at least in Microsoft’s perspective, recommend Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise to customers is the ability to encrypt the hard drives via BitLocker, in order to safeguard data in the eventuality of computer theft, or access from unauthorized persons. Just a little over a month since ...
  3 weeks ago

• BitLocker broken, sorta

  
  AskWoody.com — Authority: 120
  BitLocker is often mentioned as one of the (few) reasons for spending the extra money for Windows 7 Ultimate. BitLocker encrypts the whole drive using a very sophisticated and hard-to-crack technique. The most common use: laptop owners with very sensitive data on their hard drives use BitLocker to make sure that the ...
  3 weeks ago

• BitLocker PINs Can Be Stolen By New Attack Technique

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 552
  A clever, but difficult attack scenario can compromise the PIN used to protect BitLocker-encrypted drives. The attacker first has to gain access to the computer and boot it off of a specially-configured USB drive. This program replaces the boot sector on the hard drive with one that mimics BitLocker PIN entry screen. ...
  3 weeks ago

• So Much for the Security of BitLocker

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 561
  For a while, Microsoft had people thinking that its BitLocker encryption was (practically) impenetrable. Well, since that is no longer the case, I wonder what the reasoning for the purchase of Windows 7 Ultimate will be. The tool to break the encryption is not cheap, but, if you really want to get at some data that ...
  3 weeks ago

• First commercial tool to crack BitLocker arrives

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 737
  Passware , a software firm that provides password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has updated its flagship application this week to support breaking Microsofts BitLocker hard drive encryption. Passware Kit Forensic version 9.5 can recover encryption keys for hard drives ...
  3 weeks ago

• New Passware Can Crack PGP and BitLocker-Protected Systems

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 552
  Cracking passwords is often much easier than users think, even if the passwords they use are strong.For years Passware has shipped products which can break past the protection of passwords in many products, often actually recovering the passwords themselves.In their latest release, Passware Kit 9.5, they are able ...
  3 weeks ago

• Passware Kit Forensic 9.5 now recovers encryption keys for hard drives protected with BitLocker

  
  eNewsChannels — Authority: 138
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Passware Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has created the first commercially available software to break Microsoft BitLocker hard drive encryption. The new version of its flagship product – Passware Kit Forensic 9.5 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Passware announces the release of the world’s first commercially available BitLocker decryption software

  
  Publishers Newswire — Authority: 119
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. /Publishers Newswire/ — Passware Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has created the first commercially available software to break Microsoft BitLocker hard drive encryption. The new version of its flagship product – ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bitlocker Versus True Crypt Performance

  
  Telephone Issues — Authority: 163
  Alexander over at 4Sysops has performed benchmark comparison tests of the encryption software programs Bitlocker and True Crypt on netbooks. Bitlocker is the encryption software that ships with Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows Vista Ultimate while True Crypt is a freely available Open Source alternative. Both have ...
  4 weeks ago

• Bitlocker Versus True Crypt Performance

  
  Web Burning Blog — Authority: 150
  Alexander over at 4Sysops has performed criterion comparability tests of the coding software programs Bitlocker and True Crypt on netbooks. Bitlocker is the coding software that ships with Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows Vista Ultimate patch True Crypt is a freely acquirable Open Source alternative. Both hit ...
  4 weeks ago

• With Windows 7, theres never been a better time to be a PC.

  
  TechNet Edge — Authority: 546
  This is it! We had waited and waited, and its finally here. Windows 7 is now generally available . There are new technologies, new solutions, and a new dimension of capabilities for IT. With Windows 7, theres never been a better time to be a PC. Theres never been a better time to be a Windows user. For all you ...
  4 weeks ago

• Microsoft leaks tool that lets law enforcement turn off your hard disk encryption, clear your passwords, and scoop up batches of evidence.

  
  Ryan's Blog — Authority: 91
  Oops. I’ve maintained for some time that Microsoft has programs that fit on bootable USB sticks and allow law enforcement to override your Microsoft Bitlocker, Encrypted File System (EFS), and password data, and gather all your private information to use against you later in a criminal trial. That system is ...
  4 weeks ago

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