Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours

Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash ...
InfoWorld

Oracle unveils Java development plans for 2026

OpenJDK project teams will focus work on features such as value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured ...
GitHub

Fast SMT (Sparse merkle tree)

# N = 256 sparse merkle tree height: 255 0 / \ 254 0 1 ..... / \ / \ 2 0 1 0 1 1 / \ / \ / \ / \ 0 0 1 0 1 ... 0 1 0 1 0b00..00 0b00..01 ... 0b11..11 Either merged by ...
IEEE

Optimizing Blockchain Network Performance Using Blake3 Hash Function in POS Consensus Algorithm

Abstract: Recent years have seen extensive adoption of blockchain technology across a variety of application domains, all with the goal of enhancing data privacy, system trustworthiness, and security.
IEEE

Prompt-driven Bit Extension Hashing for Continual Cross-Modal Retrieval

Abstract: Continual cross-modal hashing is critical for efficient retrieval across heterogeneous modalities in dynamic environments. Yet, existing approaches primarily focus on mitigating catastrophic ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Biryukov, A., Dinu, D. and Khovratovich, D. (2016) The Memory-Hard Argon2 Password Hash Function. In: 2016 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy, IEEE, 357-372.

ABSTRACT: Educational software deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa faces significant challenges due to intermittent internet connectivity and limited digital payment infrastructure. This necessitates ...