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 ...

In the password security arms race, the bad guys are winning. Once-sturdy cryptographic “hashing” algorithms — pillars of online data security — are proving vulnerable to brute force attacks that use ...

Hive Systems measures the speed of hash calculations using commonly used hash algorithms such as MD5 and bcrypt on a PC equipped with a high-performance GPU, and then calculates the longest time it ...

Until today, the creators of the hacked AshleyMadison.com infidelity website appeared to have done at least one thing well: protect user passwords with a strong hashing algorithm. That belief, however ...

While some might say passwords are on the way out, especially with the advent of passkeys that are regarded as a better solution. However, the extinction of the password isn’t a reality yet. Passwords ...

Cybersecurity company, Hive Systems, has just put out its 2025 Password Table as a continuation of its yearly analysis of how difficult passwords are to crack. The results are in, and while it's not ...

Kerberoasting attacks let hackers steal service account passwords and escalate to domain admin, often without triggering alerts. Specops Software shares how auditing AD passwords, enforcing long ...