Elcomsoft Releases IPhone 4 Password Cracker

Russian password-cracking company Elcomsoft has released new software that can in some instance figure out the password used to encrypt backed up iPhone data. IPhone - Password cracking - Security - Smartphones - Handhelds

NYT Password Security Discussion Overlooks Universal Logins

A recent NYT piece explores the never-ending quest for password-based security, to which reader climenole responds with a snippet from ReadWriteWeb that argues it's time to think more seriously about life beyond passwords, at least beyond keeping a long list of individual login/password pairs: "These protective measures don't go very far, according to the New York Times, because hackers can get ...

Password Unprotected

I seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time these days resetting my password.  I used… Microsoft Research - Password - Security - Fidelity Investments - Oxford

Security vendor demonstrates insider attack on VMware ESX

VMware's shift in virtualization architecture could prevent some attacks demonstrated by security vendor BeyondTrust

To Boost Security, Facebook Adds Remote Logout

Facebook is introducing a feature that will let users knock spammers out of their Facebook accounts. Facebook - Social network - Online Communities - Security - Apple