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Breaking VeraCrypt Containers

4 pointsby cyberlababout 4 years ago

2 comments

woliveirajrabout 4 years ago
Expected some breakthrough but seems to just be a software to do what was known:<p>- even with GPU it takes forever on a good password:<p>&quot;However, a non-standard combination of symmetric cipher and hash function (e.g. AES + Whirlpool, or Serpent + SHA-256) requires trying all possible combination of ciphers and hash functions. This will be significantly slower; about one password per second on the same computer equipped with a single video card&quot;<p>- leaked encryption key on RAM, hybernate, swap files might be used and are fast (&lt; days) no matter how big your memory was.<p>Those who used Truecrypt and use VeraCrypt , in general, know how to choose a good password.
svennekabout 4 years ago
TLDR, if I didn&#x27;t mis-skim it...<p>If you have crappy passwords, it can be cracked.<p>In other news, water is found to be wet...