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Passware Kit Forensic Changelog

What's new in Passware Kit Forensic 2024.2.0

Apr 4, 2024
  • New Features:
  • Distributed Password Recovery: introducing Resource Manager
  • Password recovery for yescrypt hashes
  • Improved Passware Bootable Memory Imager
  • Saving a decrypted image as a DD file for all FDE images
  • Improved GPU-accelerated credential recovery for older versions of Mozilla
  • New QR-codes and short links simplifying the workflow in air-gapped environments
  • Bugfixes:
  • UI fixes and quality-of-life improvements for distributed processes
  • Resolved duplicating speeds and inconsistent stats for distributed password recovery [SUP-1806] [SUP-1791]
  • Resolved occasional “Internal error” records in the Log tab for batch recovery with more than 500 files
  • Resolved issues for 1Password databases with special characters in the passwords
  • Fixed problem with Passware Kit not starting due to corrupted config file [SUP-1782]
  • Resolved “Unable to load Dictionary” error for Passware Agent for Linux
  • Fixed detection of unsupported PGP WDE images
  • Fixed an issue with incorrect attack order where in some cases earlier attacks would not start before later attacks complete
  • Fixed incorrect timeout in batch mode [SUP-1804]
  • Minor fixes for QuickBooks password recovery [SUP-1809]
  • UI fixes for Hardware Benchmark
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes [SUP-1790] [SUP-1793]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2024.1.1 (Feb 6, 2024)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved handling of external links when Internet connection is not available
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed incorrect display of CPU load percentage for cases with low utilization level
  • Other bug fixes

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2024.1.0 (Dec 15, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Distributed Password Recovery: remote management of the Agents
  • Distributed Password Recovery: detailed reports and logging
  • Running password recovery attacks simultaneously
  • Decryption of QuickBooks 2024 databases
  • New product icons
  • Bugfixes:
  • Discontinued TACC support, as the product has reached end-of-life
  • Resolved a connection issue with Passware Password Exchange [SUP-1773]
  • Fixed minor issues with Xieve-attack [SUP-1742]
  • Resolved occasional UI freezes while processing KeePass files
  • Stability improvements for Standalone systems
  • Fixed occasional issues with TrueCrypt password recovery in Hardware Benchmark
  • Minor fixes for Mozilla credentials
  • Other fixes and software quality-of-life improvements [SUP-1713]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2023.3.0 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • GPU-accelerated password recovery for Apple Notes
  • Support for KeePass key files and the latest KDBX4 format
  • Instant AxCrypt decryption using private key files
  • Password recovery for QuickBooks 2019-2022 for Mac
  • Hardware acceleration with Microsoft Azure Cloud Agent
  • Decryption of Apple Disk Images (DMG files)
  • Bitlocker decryption with Recovery Key: support for PBKDF2
  • Added a warning for Known Password(s)/Part attack on passwords longer than 128 characters being skipped
  • Attack settings and UI navigation: quality of life improvements
  • UI improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed detection of Steganos containers with unsupported encryption [SUP-1730]
  • Resolved an issue with incorrect password recovery for some ZIP files [SUP-1729]
  • Resolved an error with transferring Dashlane recovery jobs
  • Fixed Mac reconnection after resetting the EFI password
  • Improved detection and processing of images with corrupted sectors [SUP-1718]
  • Fixed support for some ZIP 5.x-6.x files [SUP-1725]
  • Stability and UI fixes [SUP-1713] [SUP-1728] [SUP-1732] [SUP-1691]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2023.2.0 (Apr 4, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Password recovery for Steganos containers
  • Brute-force recovery of VeraCrypt PIM parameters
  • Support for mounted physical drives for FDE decryption
  • Password recovery for Ethereum Wallets
  • Support for Windows NTLMv2 hash
  • Instant password recovery for Opera GX and Crypto browsers
  • Support for password recovery for VBA projects in Passware Kit Basic
  • Automatic saving of Dictionary Manager settings
  • New dictionary: Ukrainian
  • Bugfixes:
  • Revised keyboard shortcuts in the Attack Settings editor for improved usability
  • Fixed an issue with an incorrect message displayed for some unsupported hash files
  • Resolved the “Slightly damaged” error for some QuickBooks files [SUP-1685]
  • UI improvements and stability fixes [SUP-1671]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2023.1.1 (Feb 2, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Batch mode performance improved for projects with over 1,000 items [SUP-1648]
  • GPU Utilization option in Passware Kit Agent
  • Increased TrueCrypt calibration timeout in Hardware Benchmark
  • UI minor improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved navigation issues after stopping the password recovery process
  • Minor QuickBooks password reset fixes
  • UI bug fixes for Rainbow Tables attack
  • UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2023.1.0 (Dec 14, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Simplified setup of decryption for multiple disk images
  • Password recovery for AxCrypt v.2
  • Instant decryption of the latest VeraCrypt versions via memory analysis
  • Updated Rainbow Tables for Office to increase the instant decryption success rate for MS Excel and Word files to 99.8%
  • Ability to establish a GPU utilization level in Tools | Options
  • Improved integrity check for the imported Rainbow Tables
  • GPU acceleration UI improvements
  • Batch mode minor UI improvements
  • UI improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Detection of ZIP archives with unsupported PKWARE encryption [SUP-1649]
  • Resolved "Calibration timed out” issue in Hardware benchmark for TrueCrypt [SUP-1610]
  • Fixed an issue with displaying GUID instead of account names for macOS Ventura
  • Minor stability fixes

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.4.1 (Nov 23, 2022)

  • Resolved an issue with the Mac version not restarting after an auto-update
  • Resolved some UI issues with file paths on the FileVault recovery page
  • Resolved an issue with processing files containing more than 600 NTLM hashes [SUP-1627]
  • Resolved an issue with an incorrect number of protected items displayed in batch recovery
  • Minor bugfixes for the QuickBooks recovery process
  • Minor UI bugfixes and quality of life improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.4.0 (Oct 25, 2022)

  • New features:
  • VeraCrypt hash type detection for Windows System volumes with GPT
  • Password recovery and data extraction from 1Password v8
  • Password recovery for a specified QuickBooks account
  • Remote update of Passware Kit Agents to a compatible version
  • Option to disable MD5 calculation
  • New dictionary - Vietnamese
  • Added display of passwords on the Passwords Found tab as they get recovered
  • A list of supported file types is now available in the Help menu
  • A newsletter subscription option is available during Windows installation
  • UI improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Minor navigation UI improvements
  • UI bugfixes for the FileVault/APFS menu
  • Support for extents larger than 4GB for T2 Add-on [SUP-1607]
  • Minor UI improvements for the Dictionary Manager
  • Batch recovery stability improvements [SUP-1574]
  • Resolved minor software activation issues
  • Removed “Filed to parse from session” error record from Log files

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.3.1 (Aug 25, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • UI improvements for T2 Add-on
  • UI improvements for T2 Unlock
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved the "TypeError: t is not a function" error [SUP-1588]
  • Improved password verification for Dashlane
  • UI bugfixes for Rainbow tables attack
  • Several UI and stability bugfixes for FileVault/APFS
  • Faster processing speed for 1000+ files in batch mode [SUP-1574]
  • Multiple bugfixes and improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.3.0 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Option on the Passwords Found tab to view the attack that found the password
  • Search option on Attacks Tab
  • Dictionary Attack UI improvements
  • Faster startup
  • Multiple UI improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved issue with .csv reports not being saved correctly
  • Cross-platform implementation of hot keys
  • Improved a display on the Logs Tab for files that are not supported on macOS
  • Windows Key minor improvements
  • License manager improvements
  • Application navigation fixes
  • Multiple bugfixes and improvements [SUP-1563]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.2.1 (May 19, 2022)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue with resetting passwords for some LiveID accounts [SUP-1543]
  • Fixed an issue with “Find Encrypted Files” not working due to a disconnected network drive
  • Improved display of the dictionaries list in the Dictionary Manager
  • Minor UI improvements and bug fixes

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.2.0 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Password recovery for bcrypt hash
  • Passware Kit for Mac with GPU acceleration support
  • QuickBooks 2022 support (Windows edition)
  • Windows Hello protectors bypass for Windows 11
  • Password recovery for Dashlane browser extension
  • Improved iCloud Keychain records extraction
  • Acronis 2021 backup files with a *.TIBX extension
  • Support for Bitlocker VMK in HEX format
  • Added Average speed value to Performance Tab
  • Added Troubleshooting tab in the Tools|Options
  • New dictionary: Icelandic
  • Bugfixes:
  • Improved the way recovery state is saved for various file types [SUP-1522]
  • Improved support for Acronis files with comments
  • Improved display of Passware Kit Agent on high-resolution displays
  • Optimized OpenCL acceleration for RAR3 archives
  • Improved sync of "Light/Dark" theme setting with system settings
  • Detection of unsupported solid archive encryption for RAR archives [SUP-1520]
  • Resolved issues with some antivirus products reporting false positives for Passware Kit
  • Improved telemetry for some GPU cards
  • Resolved “Failed to initialize password recovery tasks for file” error
  • Minor improvements and bug fixes [SUP-1518] [SUP-1519] [SUP-1524]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.1.2 (Mar 22, 2022)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved "Error: Call timeout” error [SUP-1503]
  • Resolved an issue with Plaintext attack for some ZIP files [SUP-1508]
  • Improved the way recovery state is saved for ZIP files [SUP-1498]
  • Improved GPU acceleration for some TrueCrypt files [SUP-1506]
  • Improved support for Acronis files larger than 4GB
  • Resolved an issue with some LUKS images
  • Fixes and improvements to T2 Add-on [SUP-1500] [SUP-1512]
  • Minor UI improvements and bug fixes

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.1.1 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Added an option to sync "Light/Dark" theme setting with system settings
  • UI and performance improvements for Dictionary Manager
  • Resolved an issue with the “Continue Recovery” option missing for FDE recovery
  • Improved recovery speed for Acronis backup files
  • Decreased memory usage for Dictionary attacks
  • Improved acquisition for memory regions larger than 2GB in Passware Kit Bootable Imager
  • Minor UI improvements and fixes

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2022.1.0 (Dec 15, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Support for Windows 11
  • Support for macOS Monterey
  • GPU-accelerated password recovery for Acronis backups
  • List of passwords supported by the Known Password attack
  • Instant LUKS2 decryption via memory analysis
  • Support for LUKS2 AES-CBC plain encryption
  • Batch mode improvements
  • New Passware dictionaries
  • Hardware Benchmark added to Demo version
  • Shutdown and Reboot options in the Bootable Memory Imager
  • “About” box allows copying the product key, version, and product name
  • Bugfixes:
  • Improved sort options for the Find Encrypted Files page [SUP-1417]
  • Revised Read Me document for Passware Agent for Linux [SUP-1424]
  • Resolved an issue with processing some custom dictionaries [SUP-1432]
  • Multiple Dark theme improvements
  • Resolved an error caused by scanning the root folder on macOS
  • Minor UI improvements and fixes [SUP-1396] [SUP-1427]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2021.4.1 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved “editingGroupCid is undefined” error [SUP-1394]
  • Resolved “PubSub: Not found handle on engine process” error [SUP-1407]
  • Fixed an issue with decryption of some VeraCrypt containers [SUP-1376]
  • Resolved an issue with APFS T2 unlock on Big Sur
  • Resolved an issue with Wizard showing default attacks after configuration
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2021.4.0 (Oct 21, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Batch mode: password recovery for FDE
  • Mac version of all Passware Kit editions
  • Email notifications of password recovery progress
  • Support for AFF4 image
  • Decryption of multiple APFS volumes in the same image
  • FileMaker 19 support
  • New dictionary: Turkish
  • Dark theme
  • Usability improvements for batch mode and settings editor
  • Bugfixes:
  • Reduced decryption time of VeraCrypt partitions
  • Resolved “Calculation failed on LUKS” error [SUP-1384] [SUP-1325]
  • Fixed an issue with more than 500 passwords shown in a report
  • Fixed an issue with the “Undo” option not working when a new model is added to an existing one [SUP-1374]
  • “Clear History” option now works from any page of Passware Kit
  • Software activation UI improvements
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2021.3.1 (Jul 19, 2021)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue with adding drivers to Windows Key [SUP-1300]
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2021.3.0 (Jun 30, 2021)

  • What’s new:
  • Passware Kit Forensic for Mac
  • Decryption of LUKS2 disks
  • Password recovery for Dashlane Desktop
  • Batch mode: improved performance for 1,000+ files
  • Passware Bootable Memory Imager supports UEFI 1.x
  • Passware Rainbow Tables for Windows
  • Keychain extraction improvements
  • Usability improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2021.2.0 (Apr 15, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • 13x faster on Zip and support for large archives
  • Ability to view settings of successful password recovery attacks
  • Usability improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Passware from checking some passwords for 7Zip archives after disabling and then enabling a GPU or CPU
  • UI improvements and minor fixes [SUP-1249]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2021.1.3 (Feb 7, 2021)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an error with TPR acceleration [SUP-1225]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2021.1.1 (Dec 24, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved issues for some GPUs [SUP-1200]
  • Resolved an intermittent issue occurring after stopping Passware Agent [SUP-1197] [POS-4330]
  • Resolved an Internal Error while APFS T2 decryption using an iTunes backup for some disk images [POS-4166]
  • Resolved an issue causing an incorrect number of passwords displayed for some brute-force attacks [POS-4314]
  • UI improvements and minor fixes [PKM-339]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2021.1.0 (Dec 16, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Passware Bootable Memory Imager
  • Preview of generated passwords
  • Instant FileVault/APFS decryption with a keychain
  • Password recovery for Tally.ERP 9
  • GPU-accelerated recovery of PDF owner password
  • PDF password recovery improvements
  • Password recovery for MS SQL up to v.2019
  • Import of dictionaries preserving the order of passwords
  • Bugfixes:
  • Added an option to change file encoding
  • Improved detection for some APFS images [SUP-1181]
  • Batch mode UI improvements [SUP-1179]
  • UI improvements and minor fixes

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.4.2 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Improved detection for some TrueCrypt images with pre-boot authentication [SUP-1186]
  • Minor improvements to support some APFS images [SUP-1187]
  • Minor GUI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.4.0 (Oct 14, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • New Mask attack
  • Password recovery for iWork 2020 files
  • New modifier: transliteration for keyboard layout
  • Reports saved as CSV files
  • Bugfixes:
  • Minor UI improvements
  • Resolved recovery attack failing for some Internet Explorer 7-9 forms

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.3.2 (Aug 20, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue with auto-update showing an error message for slow internet connections

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.3.1 (Aug 7, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Hardware acceleration improvements
  • Resolved an issue with some long passwords for RAR archives not being processed correctly [SUP-1142]
  • Resolved potential memory corruption issue
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.3.0 (Jul 14, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Support for TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt containers protected with keyfiles
  • Password recovery for additional crypto wallets
  • Instant recovery of website passwords from Opera, Chrome, and Edge browsers
  • Instant recovery of Outlook 2016/2019 email passwords
  • Instant decryption of Bitlocker disks with a known Recovery Key
  • Decryptum performance improvements for TrueCrypt and Zip
  • Automatic updates of Passware Kit Agents for Linux
  • Batch mode improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Improved password recovery speed for PDF documents on systems with multiple GPUs
  • Passware Kit Agent for Linux no longer requires "libgsf" library [SUP-1129]
  • Fixed a bug that caused a crash when WipeKey is specified, but not the FileVault image [SUP-1141]
  • Fixed occasional freezing during password recovery in batch mode

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.2.3 (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Minor stability improvements of GPU acceleratio

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.2.2 (Jun 8, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Improved performance for multi-GPU systems
  • Resolved an issue with some APFS/APFS T2 images not being decrypted correctly via iCloud
  • Resolved an issue that caused an error message for some VeraCrypt/TrueCrypt containers while running dictionary attacks [SUP-1118] [SUP-1133] [SUP-1137]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.2.1 (Jun 8, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Added recovered password hints for FileVault accounts to the report
  • Resolved an issue where password recovery process would freeze in Demo version
  • Resolved an issue that caused an error message for some VeraCrypt/TrueCrypt containers during dictionary attacks [SUP-1114] [SUP-1115] [SUP-1118] [SUP-1128]
  • Fixed an issue that could cause an error message while processing certain types of dictionaries [SUP-1107]
  • Resolved compatibility issues with some older NVIDIA GPU cards [SUP-1120]
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.2.0 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Access to APFS disks from Mac with T2 chip
  • Mac version of Passware Kit Forensic (Beta)
  • Passwords extraction from macOS system keychain
  • Instant decryption and password recovery for QuickBooks 2020 databases
  • Support for Windows account selection for PIN / password recovery
  • Recovery of Windows accounts’ passwords from SAM databases in batch mode
  • Improved GPU performance
  • UI improvements for displaying recovered passwords
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved system memory error caused by some VeraCrypt images [SUP-1095]
  • Batch password recovery now allows adding the same SAM file multiple times, so that different attack settings could be applied
  • Fixed an issue that caused a Javascript error for some Windows 10 systems [SUP-1081]
  • Resolved an issue with password not being recovered for some Excel files [SUP-1102]
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.1.2 (Mar 2, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Improved support for McAfee Full Disk Encryption
  • Resolved an error occurring during dictionary merge for some dictionaries
  • Resolved an issue with an incorrect number of passwords shown for the merged dictionary
  • Resolved an issue with Password Exchange not syncing new passwords
  • Reduced the time required for GPUs to start attacks for some file types
  • Resolved "Slow progress" issue for GPU acceleration for some files [SUP-1082]
  • Resolved an issue that caused GPU cards to stay idle under certain circumstances
  • Minor stability improvements of GPU acceleration [SUP-1082]
  • Improved GPU logging and performance stats [SUP-1092]
  • Resolved an error occurring while applying some patterns to the dictionary attack
  • Resolved an issue with the attack settings being reset after closing Dictionary Manager
  • Improved Windows password reset for Live ID accounts [SUP-1056]
  • Resolved an issue with TPR not being utilized for some VeraCrypt and TrueCrypt containers [SUP-1083]
  • Resolved an issue that prevented restarting the recovery process for APFS images after the encryption key is found [SUP-1084]
  • Minor Dictionary Manager improvements
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.1.1 (Feb 10, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Dictionary Manager improvements
  • Resolved occasional error in Dictionary Manager during dictionary compilation
  • Some UI changes for Windows Hello passwords extraction
  • Resolved "Previous passwords" attack for some PGP WDE images
  • Resolved issue with BitLocker VMK Key not being saved after Passware Kit relaunch
  • No need to launch password recovery for LiveID accounts with PIN protection

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2020.1.0 (Dec 18, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Dictionary Manager
  • 5 times faster on dictionary compilation
  • A new “Mixed order” option for “Join Attacks” group
  • Support for VeraCrypt GPT system encryption
  • Faster memory image analysis for VeraCrypt decryption
  • Instant BitLocker decryption with a known VMK
  • FileVault2: password hint extraction and support for recovery keys
  • Passwords extraction from Windows systems protected with PIN/Picture password

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.4.2 (Nov 5, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue with starting the password recovery process for some file types using command line
  • Resolved an issue with BitLocker encryption detection for drives with large sector size
  • Resolved an issue with some TrueCrypt containers recovery with memory attack
  • Added support for DRM-protected MS Office files [SUP-1055]
  • Resolved a data race issue with some attacks [SUP-1063]
  • Resolved an issue that was causing a crash for some attacks for PDF files [SUP-1065]
  • Minor logging improvements
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.4.1 (Oct 16, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue that prevented some attacks from running normally during "Memory Analysis"
  • Improved support for VeraCrypt GPT partitions [SUP-1041]
  • Resolved multiple issues with VeraCrypt Camellia-Streebog encryption types
  • Improved support for multiple GPU cards being connected to a single PCI slot [SUP-1043]
  • Fixed an issue for certain Zip 2.0 archives
  • Resolved an issue with some jobs not being able to continue for Standalone attack [SUP-1051]
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.3.3 (Aug 22, 2019)

  • Minor Attack Builder improvements
  • Resolved "Internal error" while compiling some custom dictionaries [SUP-1033]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.3.2 (Aug 2, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • "Clear Passwords Found" option added
  • Minor GUI updates
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue with Wizard setup option
  • Resolved an error with Zip archives containing large files
  • Resolved issues with FDE type detection
  • Correct message if a memory image file path is empty
  • Resolved issues with FileVault decryption [SUP-1017]
  • Chrome passwords extraction fixed
  • Import of password recovery states fixed
  • Resolved an error with .DIC file compilation [SUP-1026]
  • SDK can now be launched under system user [SUP-1019]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.3.1 (Jul 8, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Total number of passwords checked is now displayed at the end of the password recovery process [SUP-1007]
  • Minor optimizations for Keychain password recovery
  • Minor improvements of GPU acceleration
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue with FileVault decrypted image being truncated [SUP-1015]
  • Resolved iCloud backup v9.0 extraction issue
  • Resolved iCloud "Log in" button click issue
  • Resolved an issue with Russian passwords not being recovered for LUKS images
  • Resolved an issue with Windows Phone decryption
  • Resolved issue with Distributed Password Recovery for larger ZIP archives
  • Added verification process for McAfee Machine Key [SUP-998]
  • Resloved an internal error for the latest Dropbox version
  • Minor GUI updates

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.3 (Jun 20, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Protection against GPU overheating
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved possible GPU error caused by long dictionary passwords [SUP-991]
  • Resolved possible memory leak for some GPU-accelerated attacks [SUP-1001] [SUP-974]
  • Minor log system improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.2.2 (May 2, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue with GPU cards being idle during the recovery process for some attack settings [SUP-981]
  • Resolved an issue with Agent reporting 'being used by another process' error during auto-update
  • Resolved an issue with Passware dictionaries from older versions of Passware (*.dic) not being imported [SUP-987]
  • Resolved an issue with Wizard not saving a chosen pattern after changing the settings manually
  • Resolved an issue with some Wizard settings not being available for editing
  • Resolved an issue with Encryption Analyzer navigating to the home screen after clicking 'Recover passwords'
  • Resolved an issue with Password Exchange files being deleted after import
  • Minor UI improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.1.3 (Jan 23, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue with some attacks being skipped instead of resumed [SUP-909]
  • Resolved Internal Error issues for some Distributed Recovery attacks [SUP-908]
  • Added "Encryption Not Supported" message for unsupported LUKS encryption types [SUP-905]
  • Resolved minor logging issues for Distributed Recovery
  • Resolved MS Office attack issue with TPR devices [SUP-906][SUP-907]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.1.2 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Improved logging for Dropbox
  • Resolved an issue with Brute-force attacks for some iTunes Backups [SUP-909]
  • Added an option to attach all the logs and crash dumps before sending a Bug Report
  • Resolved an issue with sending Bug Reports failed with some email clients

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.1.1 (Dec 27, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved issue with failed APFS image decryption after a successful attack [SUP-911]
  • Resolved slow creation of a Portable version
  • Minor Distributed password recovery improvements
  • Resolved issue when TACC device not being detected
  • Minor Dropbox improvements
  • Resolved FileVault internal error
  • Resolved minor issues with Standalone attack
  • Resolved "Unexpected end of JSON inputnSyntaxError" error
  • Resolved issue with binary dictionaries compilation
  • Resolved Wizard issues for some Brute-force attacks [SUP-910]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2019.1 (Dec 17, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • GPU monitoring
  • Additional dictionaries: Rumanian, Bulgarian, Irish
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved blank screen on launch issue [SUP-903]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2018.3.1 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Improved support for larger encrypted partitions for VeraCrypt memory attack [SUP-882]
  • Resolved an issue with TPR support for Android Backups
  • Resolved an issue with TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt attacks replacing VeraCrypt/TrueCrypt recovery states for the same disk image
  • Encrypted items are now sorted correctly after a folder is moved in Encryption Analyzer

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2018.3 (Nov 9, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Support for macOS Mojave
  • Support for MS Office 2019
  • Support for QuickBooks 2019
  • Management improvements for Passware Kit Agents
  • Password recovery for Symantec Endpoint disks
  • Password recovery for 1Password OPVault and Online databases
  • Timeout setting for batch password recovery
  • Improved support for Tableau Password Recovery (TPR)
  • Bugfixes:
  • Resolved an issue with the application window not being updated (or getting blank) during a password recovery process
  • Resolved Encryption Analyzer issue [SUP-870]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.5.2 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • iOS 10.2+ support for TPR

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.5.1 (Jan 26, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Resolved an issue with certain McAfee images causing the software to crash
  • Resolved an issue with password recovery for Keychain files [SUP-692]
  • Minor GUI improvements for KeePass recovery
  • Improved Unicode support for FileVault passwords
  • Resolved minor GPU issues [SUP-695], [SUP-696]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.5.0 (Dec 14, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Password Recovery for McAfee Drive Encryption
  • Support for macOS High Sierra
  • Up to 3x faster password recovery for TrueCrypt
  • Support for iOS 11
  • Decryption of LUKS drives
  • Bugfixes:
  • Minor GUI improvements for FileVault recovery

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.4.2 (Nov 9, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Resolved an issue that prevented Linux version of Passware Agent to launch without a default gateway [SUP-679]
  • Minor improvement of FileVault 2 decryption
  • Minor improvement of Bitlocker encryption detection [SUP-678]
  • Fixed a crash that could occur in batch mode, when used for a large number of files [SUP-670]
  • Resolved OpenCL compatibility issue with older NVIDIA GPUs [SUP-668]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.4.1 (Nov 9, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Minor fix for 1Password for Mac support
  • Minor improvements for FileVault2 file detection
  • Fixed an issue with batch recovery for a large number of files [SUP-667]
  • Fixed password recovery issue for multipart RAR 3.x-4.x archives [SUP-660]
  • Fixed OpenCL initialization issue with older NVIDIA GPUs [SUP-668]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.4.0 (Sep 13, 2017)

  • Password recovery for DriveCrypt
  • Master password extraction for 1Password for Mac
  • Recovery of BitLocker protectors with a known password
  • Minor GUI improvements for Hard Disk Decryption
  • Increased performance of GPU-accelerated password recovery
  • Support for SHA-256 encryption for MS Office 2013

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.3.1 (Aug 4, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Improved iOS 9.x backup acquisition stability
  • Minor improvements for iTunes backup download
  • Improved support for FileVault images created with CoreStorage [SUP-641]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.3.0 (Jun 22, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Faster iCloud data extraction
  • Decryption of BitLocker and TrueCrypt volumes after a successful password recovery attack
  • OpenCL hardware acceleration for BitLocker
  • SHA-256 is now supported for LUKS
  • Password recovery for 1Password for Windows
  • OpenCL hardware acceleration for 7-Zip archives

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.2.2 (Apr 14, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Revised MD5 hash report format for iCloud Backup
  • Resolved an issue with BitLocker support
  • Resolved an issue with TPR acceleration
  • Resolved minor issue with SAM password recovery
  • Resolved GPU acceleration issue for ZIP password recovery
  • Minor GPU acceleration improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.2.0 (Mar 16, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Password recovery for iOS 10.2 backups
  • Password recovery for WPA/WPA2
  • iOS keychain extraction from iTunes backups
  • Data acquisition from iCloud Photo Library
  • Export and import of known passwords
  • Dictionaries for Estonian, Finnish, and Polish languages
  • Optimizations for hardware acceleration

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.1.2 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Distributed password recovery optimizations [SUP-578]
  • Resolved an issue that prevented password recovery attack from restarting correctly [SUP-581]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.1.1 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Resolved issue with iCloud backup acquisition [SUP-578]
  • Minor FileVault GUI improvements
  • Resolved 1Password attack model issue
  • Resolved minor Linux Passware Kit Agent issue [SUP-579]

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2017.1.0 (Dec 15, 2016)

  • Instant FileVault2 decryption using data extracted from iOS backups
  • QuickBooks 2016 and 2017 support
  • Password recovery for 1Password for Mac Vaults
  • Dictionaries for Danish and Swedish languages

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2016.4.0 (Sep 28, 2016)

  • Password Recovery for VeraCrypt
  • iOS 10 Support
  • New Attack Modifier: Substitution
  • 2x faster on NVIDIA GTX-1080

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2016.3.1 (Jun 25, 2016)

  • Password recovery for iWork documents
  • FileVault2 decryption using iCloud recovery key
  • iCloud token acquisition from standalone systems
  • Distributed Password Recovery improvements

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2016.2.0 (Mar 3, 2016)

  • Data acquisition from iCloud Drive
  • Password recovery for iOS 9 backups
  • Distributed Password Recovery improvements
  • GPU acceleration improvements
  • Automatic updates without user interaction

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2016.1.0 (Dec 9, 2015)

  • Password recovery for OpenOffice files
  • Support for shared dictionaries
  • Instant reset of Windows 10 Live ID passwords
  • Support for RTI2 tables for fast recovery of hashed passwords

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2015.4.0 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • Dropbox data acquisition
  • Automatic updates for Passware Kit Agents
  • New Passware Kit Agent for Amazon
  • Decryption of BitLocker disk images from Windows 10
  • Live ID password recovery for Windows 8 and 10
  • Password recovery for MS Office 2016 documents (both Mac and Windows versions)

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2015.3.0 (May 15, 2015)

  • New - Acquisition of files from Microsoft OneDrive:
  • Passware pioneers in acquiring data from Microsoft OneDrive. Access to OneDrive is provided either if the user password is known or by extracting an authentication token from the target computer memory or a hibernation file. This token allows further downloading of the full user's OneDrive storage: documents, photos, videos, etc.
  • New - Data extraction from Windows Phones:
  • Passware Kit now extracts data from Windows Phone physical images. This data may include Live ID accounts, website logins, and other credentials.
  • New - Hardware acceleration with TACC 2:
  • Passware Kit is the first and only password recovery software that supports the new TACC2 hadrware acceleration appliance by Guidance Software.
  • TACC2 speeds up the password recovery processes by up to 30 times for: MS Office files, PGP disk images, Zip and RAR archives, Mac Keychain, Android backups and images, Apple disk images and iTunes backups.

New in Passware Kit Forensic 2015.1.0 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Password recovery for LUKS hard disk images:
  • Passware pioneers in releasing a commercial solution to recover passwords for LUKS (Linux Disk Encryption) hard disks.
  • The record speed of 300 passwords per second is achieved using GPU acceleration, which can be further enhanced with distributed computing.
  • Password recovery for KeePass Password Safe databases:
  • Passware Kit now recovers passwords for KeePass password manager, both KDB and KDBX files.
  • The password recovery process is accelerated with NVIDIA and AMD GPU cards, as well as distributed computing.
  • PGP SKR password recovery in batch mode:
  • Passware Kit now processes multiple accounts in PGP Private Keyring (SKR) files in batch mode. Different password recovery settings can be applied to each account from a single SKR file, and the passwords are recovered one-by-one.

New in Passware Kit Forensic 13.7 Build 9095 (Oct 3, 2014)

  • New - Extraction of Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks user passwords from live memory images:
  • Passware Kit now recovers user login passwords for Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.9 Mavericks from live memory images. This is achieved without brute-force attacks. Password extraction takes a few hours thanks to hardware acceleration on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
  • New - GPU-accelerated recovery of Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks user passwords:
  • Passware Kit 13.3 recovers passwords for Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.9 Mavericks users from a Mac keychain file (PLIST). The process can be accelerated with GPU cards and distributed computing.
  • New - GPU-accelerated password recovery for RAR v5 archives:
  • Passware Kit updates its RAR password-recovery module and now supports the latest versions of RAR and WinRAR: 5.00 and 5.01. The program features both NVIDIA and AMD hardware acceleration and distributed computing, and it recovers over 6,000 passwords per second with a single GPU.
  • New - GPU-accelerated recovery of iPhone and iPad iOS 7.x backup passwords:
  • Passware Kit now recovers passwords for iTunes backups (PLIST files) of iOS 7.x devices. The recovery process can be accelerated with both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
  • New - Mobile Forensics section:
  • Passware Kit Forensic 13.3 features a new interface section: Mobile Forensics. This section includes password recovery for Android and iTunes backups and for Android images. Images acquired with Oxygen Forensic Suite are also supported

New in Passware Kit Forensic 13.5 Build 8266 (May 17, 2014)

  • Mobile Forensics: password recovery for Android v.4.4 images (Forensic edition only)
  • Instant reset of MS Windows Live ID passwords

New in Passware Kit Forensic 12.0 Build 5677 (Oct 3, 2012)

  • Instantly resets user passwords for Windows 8