Explains the key differences between hashing and encryption in purpose, process, output, use cases, benefits and limitations.
This article examines why LinkedIn used insecure unsalted SHA-1 for password hashing, the risks it posed, LinkedIn's response, and lessons learned.
Explore the probability distribution of the beginning bits in SHA hashes and understand its implications in cryptography and security measures.
Learn how an encryption algorithm (SHA) can be broken and the potential vulnerabilities in SHA. Understand the importance of data security and encryption.
SHA-256 has demonstrated no significant real-world vulnerabilities since being standardized over 20 years ago due to its conservative design.
This article explains mental hashing algorithms, provides an example algorithm, and discusses considerations for simplicity, security, benefits and limitations.
Compares popular hashing algorithms like MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 on criteria like speed, security and collision resistance to determine the best algorithm.
Comparing SHA-512 against newer cryptographic hash functions like SHA-3 and BLAKE3 in terms of security, speed, and adoption.
An overview of the SHA-1 cryptographic hash function - how it works, applications, strengths/weaknesses, security issues, and transition to SHA-2.
