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Surfeit and Blasé Security

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Sophos

Windows passwords: “Dead in Six Hours” – paper from Oslo password hacking conference

The total number of Windows passwords you can construct using eight keyboard characters is vast: one followed by 16 zeros, or near enough.

Gone in six hours.

Plus you get to heat your house at the same time.

Categoriescracking, crypto, gosney, GPU, hash, MD4, Naked Security, NTLM, puzzle, Security TagsFeatured, Windows

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