With NTLM, cracking Windows passwords is more difficult but still possible. NTLM is weaker than modern algorithms because it is based on the MD4 cipher. While it has been replaced by Kerberos for network authentication, NTLM is still used for saving passwords locally in the Windows SAM file.
The most common is taking them directly from the machine in question. Windows password hashes are stored in the SAM file; however, they are encrypted with the system boot key, which is stored in the SYSTEM file. If a hacker can access both of these files (stored in C:WindowsSystem32Config), then the SYSTEM file can be used to decrypt the password hashes stored in the SAM file. The SAM file is not directly accessible on a running Windows system, but it can be accessed via tools like Mimikatz or through the reg command (if the hacker has SYSTEM privileges).
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Another main difference is whether passwords are hashed or encrypted. NTLM relies on password hashing, which is a one-way function that produces a string of text based on an input file; Kerberos leverages encryption, which is a two-way function that scrambles and unlocks information using an encryption key and decryption key respectively.
Outputting the /etc/shadow file revealed three accounts; admin, root, and default. The hashes for these were found to be in the format of DES crypt. The hash for admin was put into our internal password cracking rig and cracked as seen in the list below. The root account password was found via another research blog [3].
Always Encrypted is a client-side encryption technology that Microsoft introduced with SQL Server 2016. Always Encrypted keeps data automatically encrypted, not only when it is written, but also when it is read by an approved application. Unlike Transparent Data Encryption, which encrypts the data and log files on disk in real time but allows the data to be read by any application that queries the data, Always Encrypted requires your client application to use an Always Encrypted-enabled driver to communicate with the database. By using this driver, the application securely transfers encrypted data to the database that can then be decrypted later only by an application that has access to the encryption key. Any other application querying the data can also retrieve the encrypted values, but that application cannot use the data without the encryption key, thereby rendering the data useless. Because of this encryption architecture, the SQL Server instance never sees the unencrypted version of the data.
Once an attacker has extracted the password hashes from the Ntds.dit file, they can use tools like Mimikatz to perform pass-the-hash (PtH) attacks. Furthermore, they can use tools like Hashcat to crack the passwords and obtain their clear text values. Once an attacker has those credentials, there are no limitations on what they can do with them.
With that said, a password protected, encrypted excel sheet does not have any protection to stop a brute force attack. If someone intercepts that excel sheet, given enough time, they will be able to crack it and access the data inside of it.
The current encryption on excel files (requiring a password to open) is pretty decent. However, password encrypted files can easily be copied and have no brute-force deterrents (as noted by Shizzle2889), which means it's easy enough to have a network of machines attempt to brute-force the unlock key.That being said, if you're sending a temporary password that the 3rd party will need to reset anyway, it would easily suffice. By the time anyone manages to break into the file, the temporary password would be changed (or expired). Of course, if you're going through all of this to send a password, the question is how do you send them the password to the excel file? If the excel password never changes, eventual access to it would mean access to all future credentials you send.I just want to note for a few other people that there is a difference between cracking a password to open an excel file, and a password that locks data within a spreadsheet/workbook. Most of the cracking tools you see out there for Excel 2010 and after will just be to unlock data (after you have opened the file).
Well, my phone originally always worked with me while backing up, still does, my dilemma is, I decided to see what this encryption thing would do. So, I checked the box to encrypt back up files and it ask for a password, that's when I created a password. I backed up my iphone 3gs and checked the back up files, in at least the ones that were ledgable and they no longer were ledgable, they were all encrypted. I thought, cool. I then went back to decrypt the files and now the password does not work. I tried to un-check the encrypt box for my phone and it ask for the password, no biggie right? I mean I just created it so as to protect and encrypt my back up, I go to decrypt it and I cannot do it. So I guess unless I reset my phone the back up is encrypted forever, although I dont understand that since I was the one who created the password to encrypt it. I think apple dropped the ball here on this one. I still can back up the phone and well, I wish now it wasn't encrypted now, Oh well, any answers would be appreciated.
I had to replace the device, as a Pelican case failed & the device got wet & was ruined. All the data is in the encrypted backup. Without being able to restore from it, I will have no data. I need the data. There has to be a way to hack it, determine the password with a password cracker...something. Does anyone know of a password cracker that works on iTunes on a Mac?
I would like to throw my hat in the ring on this. My friend is trying to restore a backup file with very important data on it. The problem is, she never added a password to encrypt her backups, but yet it's asking her for a password. She is very sharp and assures me, that she knows all her passwords, but in this case she never used or entered one and yet it asks her for password that as far as she is concerned does not exist. This is strange, I believe there is something going on with some of these backups. Hope there are some answers soon.
If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and then forget your password, you will not be able to restore from backup and your data will be unrecoverable. If you forget the password you can continue to do backups and use the device, however you will not be able to restore the encrypted backup to any device without the password. You do not need to enter the password for your backup each time you back up or sync. If you cannot remember the password and want to start again, you will have to do a full software restore and when prompted by iTunes to select the backup to restore from, choose Set up as a new device. But first, delete all iPhone backups listed under iTunes>Preferences>Devices.
The backup is AES 128bit encrypted as is the password, which means no simple download of some cheap password cracker software is going to help at all. Bottom line is if you cannot remember the password (you did not "lose" anything, you forgot it), your backup is useless to you.
Reality of the situation is that, without that password, you are not getting your data back. Apple's security with encryption and such is actually quite good (keychain, encrypted disk images, and so on - all use strong AES standards), and the whole point of it is that, without the specific password, nobody should be able to get the data. Security that can be bypassed, easily cracked, or with the infamous hollywood'ish "backdoor" approach is not, in fact, security. 2ff7e9595c
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