David Ketler

Articles written by David Ketler

• Dec

  03

  

  ALIEN TXTBASE Data Leak: How Data Recycling Impacts Risk

  ALIEN TXTBASE has emerged as one of the most active distributors of infostealer data on the dark web. Specops analysts have been monitoring this actor’s activity for months, reviewing each new batch of stolen credentials as it is released. With…

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• Sep

  16

  

  [New research] Cracking bcrypt: Is new-gen hardware and AI making password hacking faster?

  Almost two years ago, the Specops research team analyzed how long it took to crack passwords hashed with the bcrypt algorithm. Two years is a long time in cybersecurity, so we’re revisiting the research with newer, more powerful hardware, to…

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