Low-Level Extraction the Apple TV 4K 2nd Generation

September 24th, 2026 by Vladimir Katalov

We’ve added bootloader-level low-level extraction support for the second-generation Apple TV 4K. While the older 4K model was compatible with the checkm8 exploit, the second-generation is based on a newer SoC that required a newer exploit, usbliter8. The exploit requires a custom adapter that uses a microcontroller board with our custom firmware.

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EFS-Encrypted Data Recovery

March 31st, 2009 by Katerina Korolkova, Direktur Humas

The Encrypting File System (EFS) was first introduced in Windows 2000 and, as Microsoft claims, is an excellent encryption system with no back door.

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Teach Yourself Secure Passwords

March 30th, 2009 by Katerina Korolkova, Direktur Humas

lifehacker has started a series of posts on choosing and using secure passwords. Few days ago they published a list of handy tips from their readers on how to create passwords you can rely on. One of the readers admitted that in a company he works for IT administrators require password change every 30 days and

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AutoINcomplete

March 26th, 2009 by Olga Koksharova

Have you ever had to say sorry because you’ve sent an e-mail to a wrong person? Isn’t it an embarrassing situation? Hopefully it wasn’t a confidential e-mail otherwise you may get into trouble. After all it’s typical of all of us. You’ve simply made a stupid blunder to enter a wrong address…or to use AutoComplete. Such things may trigger some unpleasant consequences which is actually a minimal harm AutoComplete can incur.

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Pen Testing with Distributed Password Recovery and GPUs

March 19th, 2009 by Katerina Korolkova, Direktur Humas

The German c’t magazine (issue 06/09) has published an article about cracking of NTLM-hashes with graphic cards. In this article pen test experts from SySS GmbH bring up a touchy question of how fast an intruder can break into your system. How long should your Windows logon password be, so that you could keep having your beauty sleep?

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