Serious Security: MD5 considered harmful – to the tune of $600,000
It’s not just the hashing, by the way. It’s the salting and the stretching, too! Continue reading Serious Security: MD5 considered harmful – to the tune of $600,000
Category Archives: hashing
Slack admits to leaking hashed passwords for five years
“When those invitations went out… somehow, your password hash went out with them.” Continue reading Slack admits to leaking hashed passwords for five years
Detego secures US Patent for Red-Amber-Green alert technology in its Innovative Triage Solution
Detego Global, the creator of Detego, the acclaimed Unified Digital Investigations Platform, has secured a patent in the United States for the company’s Red-Amber-Green alert technology – further enhancing its computer forensics offerings w… Continue reading Detego secures US Patent for Red-Amber-Green alert technology in its Innovative Triage Solution
Poor password security at the British branch of Mensa?
The website of Mensa – the club for people who have scored highly in an IQ test but who feel their social lives would be improved by hanging out with other people who chose to join a club after scoring highly in an IQ test – is said to have suffered a … Continue reading Poor password security at the British branch of Mensa?
Poor password security at the British branch of Mensa?
The website of Mensa – the club for people who have scored highly in an IQ test but who feel their social lives would be improved by hanging out with other people who chose to join a club after scoring highly in an IQ test – is said to have suffered a … Continue reading Poor password security at the British branch of Mensa?
Hashing Functions – CISSP Domain 3
Today we’re going to take a quick look at hashing functions, as covered in Domain 3 of the CISSP common body of knowledge (CBK). There is often some confusion between hashing, encryption, and encoding, so one of the purposes of this article… Continue reading Hashing Functions – CISSP Domain 3
AI helps experts find thousands of child sexual abuse imagery keywords
For years, abusers have used complex keywords to covertly talk about imagery, but analysts have sussed out much of the secret code. Continue reading AI helps experts find thousands of child sexual abuse imagery keywords
AI helps experts find thousands of child sexual abuse imagery keywords
For years, abusers have used complex keywords to covertly talk about imagery, but analysts have sussed out much of the secret code. Continue reading AI helps experts find thousands of child sexual abuse imagery keywords
Zynga faces class action suit over massive Words With Friends hack
It’s charging subpar password security and lousy user notification: Zynga has yet to notify users to warn them of the breach, the suit says. Continue reading Zynga faces class action suit over massive Words With Friends hack
OpenSSH eases admin hassles with FIDO U2F token support
OpenSSH version 8.2 is out and the big news is that the world’s most popular remote management software now supports authentication using any FIDO (Fast Identity Online) U2F hardware token. Continue reading OpenSSH eases admin hassles with FIDO U2F token support