Tag: Password Hashing
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Bcrypt and a Short History of Password Hashing
The following article is a brief history of password hashing and the password cracking software keeping pace with the algorithms. Before …
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Bcrypt, a Popular Password Hashing Algorithm, Starts Its Long Goodbye
The coinventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function’s 25 years and channeling cybersecurity’s core themes into …
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Hostinger upgrades password security after 14m accounts breached
Over the weekend, millions of customers of web hosting company Hostinger started receiving emails bearing the bad news that their passwords …
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Gargantuan Gnosticplayers breach swells to 863 million records
A hacker using the identity ‘Gnosticplayers’ has topped up one of the largest data breaches ever publicised by offering for sale 26 …
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Millions of utilities customers’ passwords stored in plain text
In September, a security researcher discovered that their power company’s website was offering to email passwords to users who lost or …
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Quora.com admits data breach affecting 100 million accounts
Hackers have compromised data from the accounts of 100 million users of question and answer site, Quora.com. The bad news arrived in emails …
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Nine years on, Firefox’s master password is still insecure
Developer Wladimir Palant (of Adblock Plus fame) has uncovered a big security weakness in the way Firefox secures browser passwords behind …
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