The original author of the MD5 password hash algorithmhas publicly declared his software end-of-life and is "no longer considered safe" to use on commercial websites. This comes only a day after a ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. By: Robert Lemos A known weakness in the MD5 hash function ...

Oracle says that starting with April 18, 2017, Java (JRE) will treat all JAR files signed with the MD5 algorithm as unsigned, meaning they'll be considered insecure and blocked from running. Oracle ...