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 ...

Passwords are not always the best security measures in today's webscape. They're difficult to create and manage, and all too easy to compromise. This is because most passwords follow predictable ...

The most famous museum in the world used an incredibly insecure password to protect its video surveillance system. Here's how ...

AI may be able to do lots of cool things like write computer code, tell you a story, and explain the theory of relativity. But it can also do at least one thing that's not so cool: Figure out your ...

Passwords help protect some of our most personal information, but often times they don't actually end up being that personal — making them very easy to circumvent. NordPass, a company that helps users ...

Too many people are being scammed every day. So, what can you do to make yourself safer in the new year? Change your online passwords! From banking to ordering food ...

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 ...

Am I wrong in that? Not especially, no. Proper password handling assumes that the only secret is the password -- not the process used to hash it. User-specific salts do help quite a bit, but that's ...

AI service Cutout.Pro has suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of 20 million members, including email addresses, hashed and salted passwords, IP addresses, and names. Hackers often ...