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I really need some advice/help if anyone is able. Like a few others I see here, I have forgotten my Veracrypt password. Stupid I know. I am a total newbie in terms of this. I’ve been using hashcat and following the guidelines – trying to e… Continue reading Veracrypt password recovery [closed]
An encrypted Veracrypt volume on external hdd that is 1-pass wiped (full format) with the Windows format tool. Then some data was written after the format. According to my knowledge, with hex viewer the Veracrypt volume appears full of ran… Continue reading Recovering Veracrypt volume on encrypted hdd disk recovery after formating [migrated]
How could one verify the integrity of all binaries of packages installed manually via installers and dpkg on Debian/Linux?
So far the only thing I could think of is this:
verify that which veracrypt returns /usr/bin/veracrypt
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I’ve come into possession of some data that I’d like to protect. If an attacker destroys or corrupts my data, I can tolerate that; Plenty of backups exist. But I can’t tolerate an outsider reading the data.
My hypothetical attack… Continue reading How vulnerable is my Veracrypt-protected data to key logging attack via Windows?
I was creating an encrypted VeraCrypt file container on my Mac. The last step is to randomly move the mouse within the VeraCrypt window. Then, after I click Format, the following window appears:
Is a directory:
/Users/john_doe/veracr… Continue reading "VeraCrypt::File::Open:287" ("Is a directory") message when creaing a container [migrated]
Recently i found a old laptop which had veracrypt on it i tried a few passwords but nothing worked is there a way to fix the laptop so that it can normally like is there a way to install windows again and is it still possible for me to get… Continue reading Is there a way to boot a computer with veracrypt on it [migrated]
I want to use my PC both for gaming and for stuff like keeping cryptocurrency wallets, online banking, etc. I need to install games as admin but of course I don’t want them to be able to access my wallets data in any way even if they have … Continue reading Isolating encrypted and unecnrypted Windows installations and protecting the boot loader
My main laptop recently broke down and i’ve been forced to use an older laptop I had in storage.
This machine was encrypted years ago with veracrypt and only has an SSD. It’s around 250 GB of storage.
I’ve learned more about cryptography o… Continue reading I need help properly encrypting my computer SSD
I have to create a VeraCrypt volume with no file system, as the one I need isn’t available on the device. I will format it later. Does this compromise security, all other things being equal (i.e., long secure passcode, random data)? I thin… Continue reading Does formatting a VeraCrypt "no file system" volume compromise security?
I bought a new 2 TB SSD (NVMe). I want to turn it entirely into a veracrypt volume, nearly all of the drive being for a hidden volume. First, I told it to do a “quick format”, which was done instantly. Because in https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/38c20fbe/ someone wrote
I would still avoid using Quick Format option on new drives/partitions because the “data” patterns will be different between a new drive and the VeraCrypt encrypted “data” patterns. The documentation explains the scenarios that may matter to you.
now, I unchecked “quick format”. This will take 11 hours just for the outer volume and probably another 11 hours for the inner volume.
I read in https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Creating%20New%20Volumes.html
If unchecked, each sector of the new volume will be formatted. This means that the new volume will be entirely filled with random data. Quick format is much faster but may be less secure because until the whole volume has been filled with files, it may be possible to tell how much data it contains (if the space was not filled with random data beforehand). If you are not sure whether to enable or disable Quick Format, we recommend that you leave this option unchecked. Note that Quick Format can only be enabled when encrypting partitions/devices, except on Windows where it is also available when creating file containers.
which sounds like it would be okay to use “quick format”. Afterall, I guess that a new SSD has random data on it. However, as the above post said, maybe differently random data. I guess via measuring the entropy, if I piece the accepted answer of https://superuser.com/questions/1569622/what-is-quick-formatting-in-veracrypt together correctly for my case.
However, Can someone access my veracrypt quick formatted container’s files more easily than if I’d performed a full format? seems to confirm that “quick format” is okay, but I am not sure if I am reading this correctly. However,
The answers in https://www.reddit.com/r/VeraCrypt/comments/12esgyh/quick_format_and_security/ say on the one hand
It is trivial to accertain what part is filled and what is “factory empty” portion of your device if you do not full format it with random data.
on the other hand
Running Quick Format on an empty drive before formatting the VeraCrypt volume results in VeraCrypt randomizing the drive, anyway.
I also read
So, do I need to format both the outer and the inner (hidden) volume without using “quick format” in order to have plausible deniability?
Continue reading Do I retain plausible deniability if using "quick format" in veracrypt on new SSD?