Mods, I'm not sure if this is the best forum to ask, so feel free to move to the best suited forum. At work, we are moving a CRM to a hosted solution. I haven't been much involved in the selection ...

A search for “Hash Hunters” turns up marijuana-themed t-shirts for sale. It also brings up a password-cracking outsourcing service, payable in bitcoin. Fearing data breaches, Web services often store ...

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 ...

If you've ever watched TV and movies about cybersecurity, you probably envision someone sitting in a dark room trying to guess someone else's password based on a few facts like their kids' names or ...

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 ...

Security experts warn that hashed personal data, like phone numbers, can be reversed, exposing privacy risks despite common ...

Having to come up with a password that matches the symbol requirements for every site can be a hassle, but there’s good reason for it. Of course, the more your ...

After so many high-profile data breaches, it’s time developers learned that storing passwords is a really bad idea. And there is a perfectly workable alternative. Last week, I went to a project ...

Jeremi M Gosney (@jmgosney) is a world-renowned password cracker and security expert. He is the Founder & CEO of the password-cracking firm Sagitta HPC, and a member of the Hashcat development team.

A search for “Hash Hunters” turns up marijuana-themed t-shirts for sale. It also brings up a password-cracking outsourcing service, payable in bitcoin. Fearing data breaches, Web services often store ...