In reaction to the news today that security researchers have come up with a way to spoof the digital certificates that secure many Web sites, Microsoft Corp. downplayed the threat to users. In a ...

The MD5 algorithm has a new vulnerability: Google! Here’s a piece of news that will worry anyone interested in security (which should be pretty much everyone who reads Network World): A programmer by ...

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 ...

Microsoft released two optional security updates Tuesday to block digital certificates that use the MD5 hashing algorithm and to improve the network-level authentication for the Remote Desktop ...