Password Auditing Tool L0phtCrack Released as Open Source
upstart writes:
Password Auditing Tool L0phtCrack Released as Open Source:
The password auditing and recovery tool L0phtCrack is now open source and the project is looking for both maintainers and contributors.
First released in 1997, L0phtCrack can be used to test password strength and recover lost Windows passwords via dictionary, brute-force, and other types of attacks.
L0phtCrack was originally developed by Peiter Zatko, also known as Mudge, of the L0pht hacker think tank. L0pth [sic - L0pht] then merged with @stake, which was acquired by Symantec in 2004. It was owned by Symantec between 2004 and 2009, when it was acquired from the cybersecurity firm by Zatko and other original authors. By that time, Symantec had stopped selling the tool.
Terahash announced buying L0phtCrack in 2020, but it was repossessed in July 2021 after Terahash defaulted on its instalment sale loan.
When the announcement was made in July, its owners said L0phtCrack would no longer be sold or supported.
[...] The L0phtCrack source code is available on GitLab.
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