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 ...

Create stronger, more secure passwords: We are nagged to do it all the time, but few of us actually make the effort. Meanwhile, passwords continue to be stolen, leaked, and cracked on a regular basis.

May 9, 2025: Updated to note that this data seems to be referring to a worst case scenario for hackers and assumes that the software tries every other hash first before getting to the correct one. In ...

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 ...

A rainbow table is a large, precomputed table designed to cache the output of cryptographic hash functions to decrypt hashed passwords into plaintext. Rainbow tables were invented by IT expert ...

Windows File Explorer previews can expose NTLM password hashes, putting your security at risk. Here’s what you should know to stay protected.

Google has announced that it has begun to notify administrators about how some passwords were inappropriately stored on its servers. Google says that its policy is to store user passwords with ...

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 ...