Security-Protocols

The guys over at OSXCrypt.org have released OSXCrypt-A5.1B which is currently in beta. Below is a brief description of OSXCrypt:

OSXCrypt is a framework, a kernel extension and a command line utility that allows the creation, manipulation and attaching of a TrueCrypt -compatible volume, and in the near future, any kind of disk-based encryption available through a modular architecture.
This product makes use of TrueCrypt, the sources are synced to version 4.3a, read the Release Notes to know more about legal notices.
NOTE! This product is alpha-quality, it may destroy the contents of your hard disks! Although OSXCrypt should be able to work with physical devices (either partitions or whole disks) it has never been tested throughly, if you are concerned, for the time being, we strongly suggest you to use only file-based disk images.

Again, this is beta software so please use it with caution.

Download OSXCrypt:
http://www.osxcrypt.org/download/

OSXCrypt Video:
http://www.osxcrypt.org/download/tutorial/

I have been waiting to see when someone was going to do something like this.

Nick Breese, a senior security consultant at Auckland-based Security-assessment.com, has come up with a way to drastically increase the processing capability of cracking passwords, using a PS3.

By implementing common ciphers and hash functions using vector computing, Breese has pushed the current upper limit of 10–15 million cycles per second — in Intel-based architecture — up to 1.4 billion cycles per second.

Breese, who has been working on the project, called “Crackstation”, for the past six months, used the Sony PlayStation 3 gaming console for his break-through research. PS3’s Cell Broadband Engine technology was created by IBM, Toshiba and Sony. The companies collaborated to create the CBE, commonly known as Cell, processor, which consists of one scalar processor and eight vector processors.

Source: PC World