Just in time for World Password Day, Kaspersky is reminding everyone that outdated hashing algorithms such as MD5 remain among the worst choices for storing passwords.

Happy World Password Day! Maybe it's finally time to kill this holiday in favor of World No-More-Passwords Day?

Gaming GPUs like the RTX 5090 crack 60% of MD5-protected passwords in under an hour, outperforming enterprise security tools ...

Most passwords aren't secure enough, and can be cracked in less than an hour.

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