The MD5 and SHA-1 algorithms are known to computer scientists as hash functions. They take all kinds of input, from an e-mail message to an operating-system kernel, and generate what's supposed to ...

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.

Microsoft also noted that most of the certificate authority vendors that issue digital certificates have abandoned MD5 and upgraded to the more secure SHA-1 algorithm.

A recent discovery of an exploit of the MD5 algorithm used to check the validity of Secure Sockets Layer SSL certificates (The little lock icon on the bottom right of your browser) may put to ...

By then, the world had already seen firsthand how damaging such attacks could be when nation-sponsored hackers used a collision on the also-weak MD5 algorithm to hijack Microsoft's Windows Update ...

The MD5 algorithm is fairly broken, but fortunately for us (and the rest of the world), SHA-1 is not as broken (yet). Researchers have discovered something akin to the first vulnerability (the ...