2 February, 2021
iOS Forensic Toolkit 6.70: Full Support for iPhone 4, 5 and 5cElcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit 6.70 adds passcode unlocking and device imaging functionality for legacy iPhone devices. The software-based unlock brute-forces 4-digit and 6-digit screen lock PINs, while device imaging returns bit-precise image of the data partition.
21 January, 2021
Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor 2.17 instantly unlocks Windows 10 (20H2) BitLocker volumesWe updated Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor 2.17, adding support for BitLocker-encrypted disks in the latest version of Windows 10 (20H2). The new release enables the ability to capture a memory image, identify and use the BitLocker encryption key to to decrypt files and folders stored in encrypted disks or to mount encrypted volumes as new drive letters for instant, real-time access.
28 December, 2020
Season’s Greetings from ElcomsoftWe wish you a very Happy Holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.
17 December, 2020
Elcomsoft breaks BestCrypt containers, supports NVIDIA Ampere cardsWe updated Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor, Advanced Office Password Recovery and Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery with support for additional formats and GPU accelerators. The updated tools break Jetico BestCrypt 9 containers, accelerate ZIP and RAR recovery on AMD and Intel GPUs, and add support for NVIDIA’s latest RTX 3000-series boards based on the Ampere architecture.
3 December, 2020
iOS Forensic Toolkit 6.60: jailbreak-free extraction for iOS 9.0 through 13.7Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit 6.60 extends the coverage for jailbreak-free extraction from iOS 9.0 all the way through iOS 13.7, adding support to the last versions of iOS 13 ever released. The new release expands the availability of the extraction agent, adding full file system and keychain decryption support for previously unsupported versions of iOS 13.5.1 to 13.7 on all compatible iPhone and iPad devices.
26 November, 2020
Elcomsoft System Recovery update: a Swiss army knife in desktop forensicsWe updated Elcomsoft System Recovery, a Windows PE-based tool to recover or reset passwords to local Windows accounts and Microsoft accounts in all versions of Windows. In this release, we offer more options for recovering the original passwords as opposed to resetting while adding a multitude of other improvements.
16 November, 2020
Four Years Ago: Mobile Forensics - Advanced Investigative StrategiesIt's been four years since we published our first book: Mobile Forensics - Advanced Investigative Strategies. Read the story behind this book and learn what had changed in mobile and cloud forensics since it's been published in our blog.
2 November, 2020
Advanced Intuit Password Recovery 3.11 breaks Quicken 2020 and QuickBooks 2021 passwordsAdvanced Intuit Password Recovery 3.11 received an incremental update, adding support for the latest Intuit apps. The updated release can recover passwords protecting Quicken 2020 files, and instantly unprotect QuickBooks 2021 databases.
30 October, 2020
The 500th post in our blogToday, we posted the 500th article in our blog. We started blogging more than 11 years ago, in March 2009, to bring our readers the latest in industry information, technical tips, white papers, how-to articles, and more. Eleven and a half years later, our blog has become one of the most reputable sources of information in digital forensics.
22 October, 2020
13 Years of GPU Acceleration with AMD and NVIDIAIt was exactly 13 years ago when we invented GPU acceleration. The encryption was getting stronger year over year, and the rate of trying the password combinations was (and still is) of great importance. It is the attack rate that determines how long and how complex the password can be discovered after a reasonable wait ranging from a few hours to several weeks.