Intelligent Load Balancing: Optimizing Password Recovery Across Heterogeneous Units
November 14th, 2024 by Oleg Afonin
In the latest update of Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery (EDPR), we’ve introduced a revamped load-balancing feature. The new feature aims to enhance resource utilization on local workstations across diverse hardware configurations. This update has drastically reduced the time required to break passwords in certain hardware configurations, thanks to a refined load distribution algorithm. In this article, we’ll share some technical details on how load balancing leverages a mix of GPUs and CPU cores.
More cores, faster password cracking
April 24th, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov
AMD revealed that its plans a 12-core Opteron processor in 2010, and a 16-core Opteron in 2011. Unfortunately, almost no further/technical details — more cores is definitely good, but we’d like to see whether AMD is able to implement SSE2 effectively. Right now, SSE2 instructions are executed much slower on AMD processors than on Intel ones, while they’re really important for SHA-1 (the most password checking routines are based on). Or may be SSE5 will give provide additional benefits for password cracking?
More on NVIDIA GT300
April 23rd, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov
Finally, nVidia’s GT300 specifications revealed! 512 cores (remember that GT200 has only 240), which means about 3 TFLOPS — can you imagine that? We’re also expecting the new generation of Tesla supercomputers based on those GPUs. GT300 also gives direct hardware access for CUDA 3.0, DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1 and OpenCL.
Dangerously Easy Password Recovery
April 23rd, 2009 by Olga Koksharova
There is only one way to break through PGP® encryption – GPU accelerated brute force – and that one is too many. New Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery v. 2.80.206 crunches PGP® passwords 200 times faster using graphic chips.
TROOPERS09 – are you with hackers or what?
April 22nd, 2009 by Olga Koksharova
If you added this blog to your news feeder, then you prefer getting skilled rather than getting owned – as in Troopers’ motto.
Adobe Reader [in]security
April 22nd, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov
From F-Secure advises against using Adobe Reader article:
Wireless Security Survey
April 22nd, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov
The key findings of the survey of the 35860 wireless networks (in 12 Indian cities) are:
Six-Core Opterons (Istanbul)
April 22nd, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov
According to Tweak Down, AMD will start shipping them next month. We’ll see how do they compare with Intel Gulftown.
Military Strike Fighter F-35 Materials Hacked
April 21st, 2009 by Olga Koksharova
As posted by Rosalie Marshall in her today’s article, secret F-35 military plane design materials have been stolen presumably by Chinese hackers (?):
Tesla supercomputer
April 21st, 2009 by Vladimir Katalov
Can you imagine 10,080 processing cores? And how about 40 TFlops? Thanks to NVIDIA Tesla — this is 42 C1060 cards only.
