New Cloud Service Cracks Software Encrypted ZIP files and Wi-Fi Passwords
I’ve written about massively parallel systems and how they could be used to crack passwords for software encryption. In fact, we designed the IronKey hardware to withstand brute-force password guessing attacks by implementing all password checking and brute force counters in silicon on the CryptoChip itself.
Well, there’s a new cloud-based service on the Internet that can crack software encrypted ZIP files, and even Wi-Fi passwords. It’s called WPA Cracker. It runs brute force password guessing attacks using a network of 400 computers (I wonder if it’s EC2???). There’s a 135 million word dictionary for cracking WPA passwords, and the service costs $17. The dictionary for cracking ZIP files is 284 million words, in addition to random raw brute force of passwords of various lengths. They now have a German dictionary too!