Is there really such a thing as “unbreakable” encryption?

Russian-based ‘password recovery’ company Elcomsoft has pressed the GPU into the service of password cracking.

While this may be small stuff compared to the ‘Storm Worm’ network, which potentially might have millions of compromised Windows PCs at its disposal, this puts brute-force password cracking within easy reach of the masses… which simply reinforces the fact that NOTHING on your computer is ever really completely ’safe’.

(Via ArsTechnica & TechRepublic) Read more