Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours

Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash ...
adexchanger

Email Hashing: What Could Go Wrong?

You can’t un-ring a bell, but you might be able to un-hash an email, depending on whom you ask. In order for marketers to safely use hashes for targeted advertising, they must stay abreast of the ...
Threat Post

Cryptographers Aim to Find New Password Hashing Algorithm

Passwords are the keys to our online identities, and as a result, they’re also near the top of the target list for attackers. There have been countless breaches in the last few years in which ...
The Business Journals

Password hashing does not guarantee that your data is secure

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Ars Technica

SHA1 algorithm securing e-commerce and software could break by year’s end

SHA1, one of the Internet’s most crucial cryptographic algorithms, is so weak to a newly refined attack that it may be broken by real-world hackers in the next three months, an international team of ...
CSOonline

Hashing explained: Why it’s your best bet to protect stored passwords

Hashing is a one-way cryptographic function while encryption is designed to work both ways. Encryption algorithms take input and a secret key and generate a random looking output called a ciphertext.