Programmer DD

Aug 30, 2020 · Information Security

Why Plaintext Passwords Are Dangerous and How to Secure Them Properly

Storing passwords in plaintext is insecure; instead, use cryptographic hash functions with proper salting, avoid simple encryption like AES, understand rainbow table attacks, and adopt modern password‑hash algorithms such as Argon2, Bcrypt or Scrypt to protect user credentials against modern threats.