Lack of Encryption Knowledge Feeding Hackers
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" Manchester, United Kingdom, October 21, 2011 --( Testing by hosting specialist UKFast has revealed that using industry-standard hashing algorithm MD5 to protect data still allows for a seven character password (of lower alphabet and numbers) to be cracked in 7 seconds."With the emergence of brute force password cracking using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for extra fire power, the need for strong encryption algorithms has become more important than ever.The MD5 algorithm is so weak that no one should be using it as their only encryption method – a normal PC without the extra GPU fire power could even crack the MD5 code." For more information about UKFast visit: http://www.ukfast.co.uk ### Manchester, United Kingdom, October 21, 2011 --( PR.com )-- Small businesses are leaving customer data open to hackers - despite encrypting databases - allowing even long passwords to be cracked in as little as 7 seconds.Testing by hosting specialist UKFast has revealed that using industry-standard hashing algorithm MD5 to protect data still allows for a seven character password (of lower alphabet and numbers) to be cracked in 7 seconds."With the emergence of brute force password cracking using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for extra fire power, the need for strong encryption algorithms has become more important than ever.
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