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SHA-1 vulnerable : consider SHA-2

Not long after md5, the computation progress has made another victim. Last week, it was made public that the SHA-1 hash function should be now considered vulnerable. The discovery bring up that the computation to create a collision hash has been dramaticaly reduced. As a consequence, the SHA-1 function can’t warranty anymore the uniquity – [...]

md5 hash googling – and WordPress password weakness

Some Md5 password implementation – without a salt, become more insecure than ever. There is an issue right now with WordPress, I hope they will fix it soon ! Check this interesting article. No need to take out your rainbow tables anymore, just google your hash ! I hope your password is strong enough… You [...]