Many of today’s computer passwords are stored and transmitted in a cryptographic hashed form. A strong password hash algorithm ensures that if the password hash is obtained by unauthorized parties ...

LAS VEGAS – Passwords are a problem, and yet they’re the primary means of authentication used when at work or at home. Recently, Salted Hash examined 126,357 passwords for accounts compromised during ...

This new Windows zero-day has no official fix. Oh boy, it’s raining zero days for Windows users right now. Just two weeks on from Microsoft confirming no less than six zero-day attacks impacting users ...

Learn about cryptographic hash functions in ensuring secure communication and protection of sensitive information, including ...

When data breaches went from being an occasional threat to a persistent fact of life during the early 2010s, one question would come up again and again as victim organizations, cybersecurity ...

For years, IT departments have drilled the 90-day password change rule into our heads, and most of us never questioned it. The logic seemed sound when computing power was more limited and cracking a ...

A nine-year-old logic flaw in the Linux kernel's process trace (ptrace) path has been discovered that could let unprivileged ...

If you've ever watched TV and movies about cybersecurity, you probably envision someone sitting in a dark room trying to guess someone else's password based on a few facts like their kids' names or ...

A search for “Hash Hunters” turns up marijuana-themed t-shirts for sale. It also brings up a password-cracking outsourcing service, payable in bitcoin. Fearing data breaches, Web services often store ...

At one time or another, we have all been frustrated by trying to set a password, only to have it rejected as too weak. We are also told to change our choices regularly. Obviously such measures add ...