Technology | Tech | Gadget | Tech.Spreadit.org » Computer Security http://tech.spreadit.org News And Reviews, With Pictures, Of Games, Gadgets,& Technology Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en Microsoft Corp. Patches Holes http://tech.spreadit.org/microsoft-corp-patches-critical-hole/ http://tech.spreadit.org/microsoft-corp-patches-critical-hole/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:58:25 +0000 Jo http://tech.spreadit.org/microsoft-corp-patches-critical-hole.html

Microsoft Corp. issued two security fixes in its regular monthly update that took place yesterday.
One that removes a dangerous bug in all versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

The fix will stop hackers from exploiting the vulnerability of Internet Explorer 7, and possibly other programs, and take over a user’s computer for a variety of nefarious purposes, such as stealing passwords or pumping out spam.
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]]> http://tech.spreadit.org/microsoft-corp-patches-critical-hole/feed/ Elcomsoft’s New Password Recovery Technique Uses CPU And GPU Together http://tech.spreadit.org/elcomsofts-new-password-recovery-technique-uses-cpu-and-gpu-together/ http://tech.spreadit.org/elcomsofts-new-password-recovery-technique-uses-cpu-and-gpu-together/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:10:21 +0000 Jo http://tech.spreadit.org/elcomsofts-new-password-recovery-technique-uses-cpu-and-gpu-together.html

Russian security software firm Elcomsoft (that I ‘m sure you already heard of in 2001 and 2002) has discovered a password recovery technique and has filed for a US patent.
Elcomsoft ’s avant-garde,technology can perform password recovery 25 times faster than existing CPU-only approaches thanks to nVidia’s $800 graphics card called the GeForce 8800 Ultra.
Their amazing technique for cracking computer passwords is additionally possible by kindly combining the power of a PC’s Central Processing Unit (CPU) and its video card’s Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).
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