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Passware First to Enable Computer Forensics to Crack Linux Disk Encryption (LUKS)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery ...
Bleeping Computer

Linux Flaw allows Root Shell During Boot-Up for LUKS Disk-Encrypted Systems

This time, Marco was studying Cryptsetup, a utility that allows users to encrypt their hard drives via LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup). Cryptsetup allows users to retry passwords over and over again ...
Computing

Linux admins urged to patch full-disk encryption bug that allows decryption without a password

Linux admins have been urged to patch a high-risk, full-disk encryption (FDE) vulnerability impacting Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) encryption software and its crytpsetup programme, which could allow ...
Threat Post

Cryptsetup Vulnerability Grants Root Shell Access on Some Linux Systems

A vulnerability in cryptsetup, a utility used to set up encrypted filesystems on Linux distributions, could allow an attacker to retrieve a root rescue shell on some systems. A vulnerability in ...