Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours

Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash ...
PC World

‘Hash Hunters’ Web service cracks password hashes for bitcoins

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 ...
The Business Journals

Password hashing does not guarantee that your data is secure

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Computerworld

Making a hash of passwords

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 ...
Threat Post

Cryptographers Aim to Find New Password Hashing Algorithm

Passwords are the keys to our online identities, and as a result, they’re also near the top of the target list for attackers. There have been countless breaches in the last few years in which ...
Dark Reading

Safely Storing User Passwords: Hashing vs. Encrypting

Over the past several months, we've seen major breaches exposing numerous usernames and passwords. The eBay and Adobe breaches impacted millions of accounts. Snapchat was compromised. With every ...