FileVault encryption keys easily uncovered, warns Passware

Passware, a forensic software developer whose Windows-only product is aimed at law enforcement agencies and other data-recovery specialists has noted that its software can decrypt Apple’s FileVault encryption technology by extracting the login credentials from live system memory on a Mac using a Firewire connection. The company says that if the credentials are still in RAM, the process will take no more than 40 minutes regardless of password strength, CNet reports….

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FileVault encryption keys easily uncovered, warns Passware

FileVault encryption keys easily uncovered, warns Passware

Passware, a forensic software developer whose Windows-only product is aimed at law enforcement agencies and other data-recovery specialists has noted that its software can decrypt Apple’s FileVault encryption technology by extracting the login credentials from live system memory on a Mac using a Firewire connection.

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FileVault encryption keys easily uncovered, warns Passware