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Password hashing: Be careful about what you hash!

Context of the hashing issue

During a web assessment, Excellium’s Intrusion & AppSec team audited a PHP application where users passwords were stored using the bcrypt hashing algorithm. As bcrypt 1https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Password_Storage_Cheat_Sheet.htmlis still a valid and recommended algorithm to hash passwordscompromising passwords 2https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/tree/master/Passwords/Common-Credentials  should not be an easy task. However, sometimesthe devil is in the details. 

 

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