As most users know, a running computer is insecure in many ways and leaving it unattended makes it available to unauthorized individuals. While Passware is meant for investigative purposes only and is targeted both by intent and price to forensics institutions, Passware CEO Dmitry Sumin acknowleged that the software being available does pose a potential threat in a press release: "There's no guarantee that professional-grade versions of Passware Kit won't fall into the wrong hands. It scans the contents of these resources for patterns to reveal relevant passwords. The Passware snooping technology works by accessing a system's memory either through a port that has direct memory access (DMA), or by accessing a system's sleepimage (hibernation) files. Recently the kit has gained more features and now has the ability to snoop through a system's hibernation file for Google and Facebook account passwords. Last year it released a version of its kit that allows an investigator to reveal the passwords of Apple's FileVault encryption technology, along with those for similar technologies such as TrueCrypt, PGP Disk, and BitLocker. is a forensics security company that develops investigation software kits to reveal passwords on seized computers.
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