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As the popularity of QuickHash has gradually risen over the years, I sometimes drop into conversation about this "program that I make for people" or am I asked about it. When I reply, my friends and family usually reply with "Oh...what is data hashing?" followed by "but thats just something for geeks, digital forensics folk and tech guys, isn't it?". Well lets explore that. It's 2018 and pretty much everyone everywhere has access to a computer, the Internet, and a mobile phone, or at least just a mobile phone. Data is now a valuable commodity. Cybercrime is spreading like [...]

So on Sunday 17th Dec I was going about my normal daily duties and I noticed I had an e-mail from one of the security related monitoring systems (GravityScan) that periodically scan my site, to report the site could not be reached. So like all web site administrators, I immediately went to check, and I did indeed find my beloved projects website to be offline! Firstly, sorry to any users who found the site in that condition, especially users of Zorin OS who are sent here to help verify their downloads of Zorin OS ISO. This website gets a [...]

I found an article recently that showed the use of QuickHash to check password strings and then using the resulting hash in one of the many sites that store hashes of passwords from data breaches. I then also found this article by The Register titled 'Crypto-busters reverse nearly 320 MEELLION hashed passwords' that talks about the same thing in a lot more detail : https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/04/cryptobusters_reverse_nearly_320_meellion_hashed_passwords/ You can read more about Troys work and the concept of password hashes and their availability here : https://www.troyhunt.com/introducing-306-million-freely-downloadable-pwned-passwords where he continues to talk about using the SHA-1 hash of a password to check [...]

New Testimonials Section Added Dear user.... I'm pleased to say I get a lot of e-mails thanking me for QuickHash and I get the occasional donation too. In order to help others users read about YOUR experience of QuickHash, I'd very much appreciate you taking the time to write up your positive experiences for publication here. It's also an opportunity for you to get your own company name and website listed on this website. Submit a Testimonial HERE : https://quickhash-gui.org/testimonials-page/ Users who wish to see improvements or find fault can of course use the bug tracker. Testimonials are [...]

From time to time, I like to see where QuickHash has hit the news and tech bloggers. I was delighted to find today (a few weeks after publication I admit) a great and inspiring article at Mustang News (http://mustangnews.net) titled 'How cybersecurity is becoming a hot topic at Cal Poly' written by Brendan Matsuyama. The link to the article is here for those who want to read it in full : http://mustangnews.net/cal-poly-cybersecurity-leader/ and it talks about how the California Cyber Training Complex (CCTC). Key stakeholders in the project include Cal Poly, the California Military Department, local and state law [...]

I spotted this a little late, but  Manny Fernandez over at Infosec Monkey (http://www.infosecmonkey.com/2016/10/14/quickhash-multi-platform-hashing-tool/) blogged about QuickHash back in October 2016 with a very friendly and detailed description of QuickHash-GUI, and he also gives many reasons as to the scenarios that it can be useful. I only just found it after looking through some twitter posts about the tool! It's surprising how many people have tweeted about it actually :-) A useful read for any prospective user, and I thank the author for the write up.