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Ravan, password cracking using Javascript!

Ravan is a new password cracking tool based on Javascript. Wait, what ? Javascript ? Yes, as the author explains, modern Javascript engines are not so slow anymore, and in addition HTML 5 brings a new “feature” with webworkers which allow the browser to run Javascript in the background (e.g without waiting on the page [...]

Posted 18 December 2010 § Cracking § Cryptography § Security ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

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 – [...]

Posted 10 May 2009 § Cryptography § Security ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

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 [...]

Posted 26 November 2007 § Cryptography § Security ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,