User credential (which refers to username and password combinations used for accessing online accounts) are very sensitive data sets that must necessarily be protected. Attack to such data sets lead...

Most of the time, the passwords you use on your favorites websites are not stored in plain text. They are first hashed for security reasons. But if someone gets access to the database with all logins...

As you may already know, most passwords are stored hashed by the developers of your favorites websites. It means they don't keep the password you chose in a plain text form, they convert it into...

On each website where you enter your password, the website owner has to keep it in a way or another so that it can check your identity the next time you log in. Do you wonder how they memorize your...

It is a common thing to hear people complain of fraudsters hacking their accounts. One wonders how possible this is, since most people never reveal their passwords. For many, such acts lead to losing...

The MD5 algorithm is a one-way hash function, it's not reversible, so there is no way to decrypt a MD5 hash "automatically". However, current technologies allow us to use different strategies to...