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IronKey: Encryption keys are kept on the chip and never passed to memory, Imation IronKey uses AES 256-bit encryption in CBC mode, security level 3 FIPS 140-2 validated, tamper resistant designed hardened with epoxy compound encasing the chips, available for Mac, Linux and Windows. During recovery, you need to insert this USB device. In the absence of any of these elements, the data can never be read. That is the whole point of drive encryption. There are tools to attack the encryption if it was set up poorly, and you can read about them at Attacking the BitLocker Boot Process.
Often Bitlocker can be undone by simply booting a LINUX Live system from a USB stick and then reading the BIOS de-cryption key / recovery key / recovery key algorithm. Then you re-boot again into the BIOS and supply the recovery key or even the basic key.
'Seemples' as the Meerkat commercials say. If you want 100% security - REMOVE THE DEVICE - otherwise it's NOT POSSIBLE to get 100% protection by simple encryption where the decryption algorithm / key process has to be stored on the same machine - at boot you don't necessarily have access to the internet so the key (or at least the decryption algorithm) needs to be stored locally - and while Windows might have protected data areas - Linux is another OS which will just see the Windows disks as pure DATA. It's not quite Hacking 101 - not for beginners - but a reasonably experienced hacker could easily get hold of the recovery key in order to undo the Bit locker encryption. The BIOS asks for the recovery key - just DUMP the BIOS out and with a little bit a bit of 'dis-assembly' and you are on your way.!!
You'd soon see what the BIOS is asking for - and then it's all over. (To those people who think it's safe because the key / recovery key has to be supplied from an external device - no good as the ALGORITHM to decrypt the wretched thing is still stored locally on the machine - hence the vulnerability). Cheers jimbo. Any encryption method is really as secure as its encryption key is.
The actual algorithm don't matter that much really (as long as it's not too trivial to reverse), and in fact, security-wise you must assume that the attacker as full access to the whole system, including the algorithm and its implementation. The only thing you should really rely on is on the secrecy of the key, nothing more.
With Bitlocker, the decryption algorithm is obviously stored within the computer, together with the data, that's OK, but you must make sure that the key (be it a password/pendrive/TPM module/whatever) is stored AWAY from that, otherwise you just have 'security though obscurity', which is not real security. This is exactly what states the. Now, another thing to note is that all full-disk encryptions are only useful before the computer has booted, before that, remote access is very limited, if possible at all, so physical access is the only way to try to break it. But another problem is that it's often considered that when an attacker can get physical access to the data he's trying to get, it's already game over, and the attacker won.
He then must crack the encryption key, which may or may not be trivial, but some techniques may optimize that (dictionary attacks, selectively trying most likely passwords or just brute force if time allows). The AES algorithm is right now considered quite solid and reliable, so both Bitlocker and TrueCrypt are not that trivial to hack, but only when used with strong passwords. Ultimately, encrypted data can ALWAYS be reversed into its original form, if the attacker knows and really wants to do so.
Similar help and support threads Thread Forum How to Turn Windows 7 BitLocker To Go On or Off for Removable Drives BitLocker To Go is used to encrypt and password protect any removable external hard drives and USB flash drives. The drives must be formatted using either the exFAT, FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS file system and must be at least. Tutorials If you want safe surfing, go Linux: Linux triumphant: Chrome OS resists cracking attempts ZDNet I do most of my surfing in a Linux Mint virtual machine these days. This article confirms that I am on the right track. Chillout Room I tried using HP BIOS Flashing utility on my HP Z400 Workstation, and it says it can't continue because I have Bitlocker enabled, but I don't have bitlocker on Win 7 Professional 32bit. I don't see it on the control panel or in context menus. I do see it set to manual in 'Services' but the service.
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Share this story., 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 Microsoft's BitLocker hard drive encryption. Passware Kit Forensic version 9.5 can recover encryption keys for hard drives protected with BitLocker in just a few minutes. It scans a physical memory image file of the target computer and extracts all the encryption keys for a given BitLocker disk. As a result, Passware has crowned itself the creator of the first commercially available software to crack BitLocker Drive Encryption. Passware claims that full disk encryption was a major problem for investigators and that its tool helps police, law enforcement, and private investigators bypass BitLocker encryption for seized computers. That may be, but since this is a commercially available product, anyone with $795 can now circumvent the encryption. Add to that the fact that previous versions of this software have been pirated (version 9.0 was released earlier this year), and it's only a matter of time before even the price point doesn't matter.
Passware Kit Forensic is a tool that can recover passwords from various file types, decrypt Microsoft Word and Excel files up to version 2003, and reset passwords for local and domain Windows administrators. It is a complete encrypted evidence discovery solution that reports all password-protected items on a computer and gains access to these items using the fastest decryption and password recovery algorithms at its disposal. There's also a portable version of the software that runs from a USB drive and finds encrypted files, plus recovers files and website passwords without making any changes to the target computer. BitLocker Drive Encryption is a full disk encryption feature available in the Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, as well as the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems. It is designed to protect data by providing encryption for entire volumes. By default, it uses the AES encryption algorithm in CBC mode with a 128 bit-key, combined with the Elephant diffuser for additional disk encryption security not provided by AES. It is meant to prevent a thief or thieves from using another operating system or hacking tool to get around file and system protections provided by Windows in order to view files stored on the drive.
Update As pointed out in the comments, this isn't exactly a 'crack' for BitLocker. Like most similar digital forensics analysis software, Passware Kit Forensic requires access to a physical memory image file of the target computer before it can extract all the encryption keys for a BitLocker disk. If a forensics analyst or thief has physical access to a running system, it is possible to take advantage of the fact that the contents are in the computer's memory. Other drive encryption programs have similar issues.