To prevent pre-computation, hashing schemes now use a trick called "salting," adding random data to a password before hashing it and then storing that "salt" value along with the hash.

Bloom filters are an essential class of probabilistic data structures designed for rapid set membership testing while minimising memory usage. By utilising multiple hash functions, these ...

Hashing is a cryptographic process that makes it harder for attackers to decrypt stored passwords, if used correctly.

Bitcoin Hash Functions Explained Everything you always wanted to know about bitcoin hashing, but were afraid to ask.

How does Bitcoin’s hash rate work? The SHA-256 cryptographic hashing function, which converts any input data into a 256-bit string (the hash), is one of the technologies using which Bitcoin ...

The coinventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function’s 25 years and channeling cybersecurity’s core themes into electronic dance music.

The MD5 password hash algorithm is "no longer considered safe" by the original software developer, a day after the leak of more than 6.4 million hashed LinkedIn passwords.

Security researchers have achieved the first real-world collision attack against the SHA-1 hash function, producing two different PDF files with the same SHA-1 signature.