Review of Hardware Encryption vulnerability of Kingston and SanDisk USB flash drives

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The Kingston Technology company, a leader in the production of safe USB drives, and one of the first ones that started producing USB flash drive with hardware encryption (Kingston DataTraveler Secure) announced that some of its models of USB flash drives with hardware protection feature are vulnerable. The announcement was posted on the company’s web site saying that with the help of some tools you can access this USB drive (i.e. hack it without a password). News regarding some models of Kingston being prone to cracking is very surprising because these flash drives have been certified in compliance with FIPS 140-2.

Everything started with the fact that the German company SySS published a document entitled “Companies SySS hacked USB flash drive with hardware encryption Kingston certified FIPS 104-2”. In this document they describe in details the authentication protocol between the drive and the program (the user), which they found on the basis of intercepted USB traffic + vulnerability that was discovered. And also some screenshots of the utility, which is embedded in the process of authentication program for USB drives, and as a result – we may enter any password and access will be granted.
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Lock/unlock your Mac with Rohos Logon Key. Video review by Alex.

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One of Rohos Logon Key for Mac users, Alex, has volunteered to make a video about the program. Looks like it turned out to be a success for a young Mac user. 🙂 From his video you will learn that “Rohos Logon Key turns any USB into a key to unlock your computer.” So whenever you do not want to type in your password just like Alex has confessed, plug in your USB.

Rohos Logon Key for Mac benefits:

  1. To unlock your computer just plug in your USB
  2. Going for a break or lunch just pull the USB key out and the program will do whatever you want to (preliminary setup is required):
    1. Shut down
    2. Goes to sleep, etc.

Alex demonstrates how Rohos Logon Key looks and works on Mac:

  • Showing Rohos Preferences window
  • Setting actions upon USB key removal
  • Possibility to turn Rohos Logon Key OFF in case your USB key is stolen
  • Possibility to add new USB keys to access your computer is amazingly fast!

Thank you Alex and success to you in all your undertakings.

BioSlimDisk biometric security token, Review, Comparison.

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Dear friends, recently we have covered “BioSlimDisk Signature” compatibility with some Rohos products. Now it’s time to review device security capabilities, compare it with other Biometric USB flash drives with fingerprint scanners and give you some hi-res photos of the device.

In brief, BioSlimDisk is a USB flash drive with hardware level encryption (AES 256 bit key length) and hardware level Biometric authentication.

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UmiKey – OTP authentication to the Web and Windows

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This time we would like to present another innovative One-Time-Password token -  UmiKey.  This is a small Key-like USB device that doesn’t need any driver on the client. With this token you can sign-in securely into practically any software or hardware system where you have USB Port. When you need to log in you just connect it and press a small button on it to generate One-Time-Password string into any text field (login form).

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Rohos Mini Drive – “on-the-fly” encryption without Admin rights

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In the video is presented how you may work with encrypted partition on a PC without admin rights using free portable encryption solution, Rohos Mini Drive, that securely protects your portable data on any USB device. Portable utility Rohos Disk Browser gives you opportunity to work with your sensitive data on USB in a usual way on any PC (even on internet cafe, where you don’t have admin rights).

In the video you will see:

  • Opening Encrypted part of USB drive by a password.
  • Opening files (with on-the-fly decryption) with associated application.
  • Saving files with on-the-fly encryption from application.
  • Playing mp3 files.
  • Browse all photos from a folder in thumbnail view (by using Virtual Folder command).
  • Launch portable applications.

With this functions Rohos Mini Drive is the most wanted tool for portable data security recommended by many bloggers and magazines.

MiFare 1K RFID smart-card support in Rohos Logon

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Updated Aug 2018.

Tesline-service announce that now Rohos Logon Key support wireless smartcard MiFare 1K/4K/ultralight. This contactless smartcard technology (RFID) with over 1 billion smart card chips and 10 million reader modules sold. And now this RFID technology can be used with Rohos products for secure login into Windows, Mac or encrypted Rohos Disk.

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Winter Holidays Special Offer

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Dear Rohos users,

Rohos team thanks you for your interest towards Rohos products and wishes you the best in this upcoming year 2010!!! Thank you for being such a wonderful group of users.

And before leaving for a short holiday we’d like to announce our New Year Special offer. You may learn more about it here. Best regards, Rohos team

Tesline-Service Announces Rohos Disk Encryption v.1.7

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Chisinau, Moldova, December 25, 2009 – Tesline-Service SRL, Moldova software company specializing in PC security solutions today announced that it released Rohos Disk Encryption 1.7., with long time anticipated portable data encryption solution for Windows that gives possibility to work with encrypted data in full on any computer without Admin rights.

Rohos Disk Encryption creates hidden and protected virtual partitions on computer or USB flash drive and uses NIST compliant AES encryption algorithm, 256 bit encryption key length. Encryption is automatic and on-the-fly.
Robust and best portable partition encryption software has several key benefits over its competitors:

  • “Оn-the-fly” encryption on PCs without administrative rights
  • Connect/disconnect virtual drive by plugging in/off USB key
  • Virtual keyboard – protects your encrypted disk password from a keylogger

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Rohos Logon Key v.2.1 for Mac OS X.

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Relax and enjoy your day knowing you can step away from your Mac and have no concerns about it been secure and safe from prying eyes.  You can leave your Mac without worrying that you’ve forgotten to shut it down. With Rohos Logon Key for Mac – two-factor authentication solution, you can add robust protection and securely log into your Mac.

During the past week we were working on Rohos Logon Key for Mac improvements. And today we have published an updated release 2.1. It includes updated version of authorization plugin for Maс OX S Snow Leopard.

What’s new:

  • New UI. Now Rohos Logon uses a standard authorization dialog view.
  • Fixed bug with screen saver unlock dialog.
  • Fixed bug when Rohos Logon did not mount FileVault encrypted home folder.

Download and install over: rohos_logon.zip v.2.1