Millions of Web users could be left unable to access websites over the HTTPS protocol if those websites only use digital certificates signed with the SHA-2 hashing algorithm. The warning comes from Facebook and CloudFlare as browser makers are considering an accelerated retirement of the older and increasingly vulnerable SHA-1 function. Read More
In as little as three short months, the #sha-1 internet #security standard used for digital signatures and set to be phased out by January 2017, could be broken by motivated hackers, a team of international #researchers found, prompting security specialists to call for a ramping up of the migration to #sha-2. “We just successfully broke […]
The #sha-1 #security standard, widely used in digital certificates, electronic banking, browsers, and other applications is weaker than previously thought and susceptible to attacks that are now well within the resources of criminal groups, an international team of cryptanalysts warned Thursday. Security #researchers had previously estimated that it would take at least another two years […]
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