PHP got a whole lot more secure this week with the release of the 7.2 branch, a version that improves and modernizes the programming language's support for cryptography and password hashing algorithms ...

Effectra\Security is a PHP library that provides security-related functionalities such as hashing, password management, CSRF token handling, and token generation.

Some of the projects that use MD5 as the default method for storing user passwords include WordPress, osCommerce, SuiteCRM, miniBB, SugarCRM, CMS Made Simple, MantisBT, Phorum, Observium, and X3cms.

Abstract: In light of the deficiencies of the traditional textual character passwords, such as difficult memory and low security, and the disadvantages of the existing graphical passwords, such as ...