GPUs Used To Crack WiFi Passwords Faster

MojoKid writes "Russian-based ElcomSoft has just released ElcomSoft Wireless Security Auditor 1.0, which can take advantage of both Nvidia and ATI GPUs. ElcomSoft claims that the software uses a 'proprietary GPU acceleration technology,' which implies that neither CUDA, Stream, nor OpenCL are being utilized in this instance. At its heart, what ElcomSoft Wireless Security Auditor does is perform brute-force dictionary attacks of WPA and WPA2 passwords. If an access point is set up using a fairly insecure password that is based on dictionary words, there is a higher likelihood that a password can be guessed. ElcomSoft positions the software as a way to 'audit' wireless network security."

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I heard you can use this..

[Anonymous Coward]

... Steve Job's AIDS infection to crack it faster

Re:I heard you can use this..

[Anonymous Coward]

You are a Typical Macintosh User.

Re:It's red

[MyLongNickName]

Hello. I have Karma to burn and this is for a worthy cause.

Khan died yesterday. This should be the biggest news story of the day, clearly bigger than Steve's medical absence. Yet nothing on Slashdot. Where are the stories? Instead, I have to learn about it on CNN. What has Slashdot come to?

Mod me down if you will. But if you are like me, and a little piece of your trekkie sold has died, mod me up, or better yet, tell the story about the first time you saw him in the movie.