I've been hearing some rumors about the security of SHA512 recently. I'm wondering if there's any truth to them. Has SHA512 actually been broken? If so, what does this mean for its use in cryptography and data security?
6 answers
Federica
Sun Dec 08 2024
SHA-512 is considered a secure hashing algorithm.
Lorenzo
Sun Dec 08 2024
To date, no successful attacks have been reported against it.
CryptoAlly
Sun Dec 08 2024
Its collision resistance remains uncompromised.
InfinityEcho
Sun Dec 08 2024
Similarly, its first preimage resistance holds strong.
Martina
Sat Dec 07 2024
SHA-512's second preimage resistance is also intact.