Should I be concerned that my bank told me that I have a strong password? [duplicate]

I recently ran an account security check through my bank’s web site, and my bank "reassured" me that I have a strong password.
Should I be concerned that they know that? I had assumed that they only stored a (hopefully salted) ha… Continue reading Should I be concerned that my bank told me that I have a strong password? [duplicate]

What are password encryption schemes that result in variable length common in MySQL and PHP?

I have stumbled across passwords on a MySQL database behind a PHP webapp. Here are some examples.
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789e0ad30d15
7ba0868c23e0a2
d327e265ca2abcd7c
48276b3d5618850
bffaa9b3ba92ffc3
21614da133d56e72857c
44d2059e642f9733… Continue reading What are password encryption schemes that result in variable length common in MySQL and PHP?

John the Ripper – Zip Password help – Latter half digit command advice

I’m trying to use John to recover some old ZIP files with a password I remember half. One half being a word, the latter half being a mix of four to six digits.
I remember the word, but not the digits after it, what line of code/command can… Continue reading John the Ripper – Zip Password help – Latter half digit command advice