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New Tool Reveals Internet Passwords
wiredmikey writes "A new password cracking tool released today instantly reveals cached passwords to websites in Microsoft Internet Explorer, and mailbox and identity passwords in all versions of Microsoft Outlook Express, Outlook, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail."
None of this is new or amazing, I honestly can't believe something as basic as this would make front page news on /.
Check out http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/#password_utils for password recovery tools, for free, that have been available for ages.
This reminds me of a tool I used back in the day called "Revelation". You loaded it up, clicked on the "target" icon, then clicked on a password field that was blocked with asterisks instead of displaying the password. The "hidden" password would appear in the "Revelation" box, allowing you to see what it was.
This was how I discovered the password for our dial-up internet back when I was in middle school in the mid-90's. My mom entered the password, and usually waited until it connected...but one time she slipped up, and left before it connected. I hit "cancel", and sure enough the password was still there, just blocked by asterisks. Thanks to "Revelation", I got it and was able to log in during the middle of the night, chatting it up on Yahoo and working on my Angelfire web page.
Ah, memories...
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This isn't anything like Cain & Abel or 1000+ other tools did before for OVER TEN FSCKING YEARS. If slashdot ever posts "news" from sites like securityweek again I might cancel my newsletter subscription. Tip: security knowledge comes from security related blogs/forums (ie. hackers), not "news" websites which place more product placement than news.
Requesting delete because that VB.NET tool doesn't deserve the bandwidth it will cost.
Which is why I didn't belabor it, or introduce it out of context. I was pointing out that Firefox's scheme is only as secure as the master password you choose. The particular bad password I chose for the Spaceballs reference on the hope that it might get a chuckle or trigger a brief moment of pleasant nostalgia, forgetting that on /., every joke must be beaten to death and explained, rehashed, insulted, re-explained by someone who thinks the insult came due to unfamiliarity, etc., until all traces of humor vanish. Oh well...
Hmm... This is an old story, so this probably won't receive any mods, but I have no idea what I'd mod it if I were moderating. Flamebait/Insightful/Funny/Interesting/Off-topic maybe? Mods, if you can coordinate to apply each of those once, it would be awesome (and I'd end up with overall neutral Karma!). :-)
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