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Linux Obsolete Password Hash Risks | Sandfly Security

Written by Craig Rowland, Founder and CEO, Sandfly Security | 04 December 2024
Publication date: 05 December 2024
 

Obsolete password hashes on Linux expose users to brute force attack. Legacy password hashes have included MD5 which can have billions of attempts a second tried against it by GPU based crackers. Attackers can quickly crack these legacy hashes and use the credentials for lateral movement. In this video we discuss this threat on Linux and how to identify it.

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