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Storing passwords as plaintext or  \nusing fast and outdated hashing algorithms can allow attackers to recover credentials after a database compromise.  \nSimilarly, weaknesses such as credential stuffing, password spraying, brute-force attacks, phishing, session hijacking,  \nweak password-reset mechanisms, and missing multi-factor authentication can bypass otherwise functional login systems.  \nThis paper presents a systematic security-oriented review of secure password storage and common authentication vulnerabilities. It compares plaintext storage, encryption, general-purpose hashing, salted password hashing, and modern password hashing approaches such as Argon2id, bcrypt, and PBKDF2 . The study also examines an authentication security architecture consisting of credential input, transport protection, authentication processing, secure password verification, session management, monitoring, and recovery controls. In addition, practical attack scenarios and mitigation strategies are discussed. The analysis emphasizes defense-in-depth, strong password hashing, unique salts, rate limiting, multi-factor authentication, secure session handling, and continuous monitoring as important controls for modern authentication systems.  \nKeywords— Secure Password Storage, Authentication, Password Hashing, Argon2id, bcrypt, PBKDF2, Salt, Credential Stuffing, Brute Force, Multi-Factor Authentication, Cybersecurity.  \n\n| JAAFR2610235 | Journal of Advance and Future Research ([www.jaafr.org](www.jaafr.org)) | c301 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n© 2026 JAAFR | Volume 4, Issue 10 October 2026 | ISSN: 2984-889X | JAAFR.ORG  \nI. INTRODUCTION  \nA. Background and Evolution of Password Authentication  \nAuthentication is the process of verifying the identity of a user, device, or service before allowing access to protected resources. Password-based authentication is simple to deploy and remains common in websites, mobile applications, enterprise systems, and online services. However, a password is only a secret shared between the user and the authentication system. If the secret is exposed, guessed, reused, or stolen, an attacker may impersonate the legitimate user.  \nEarlier systems frequently stored passwords directly or protected them with weak cryptographic mechanisms. Modern security practice instead stores a one-way password verifier produced by a password hashing function. A properly designed password hashing process uses a unique salt and deliberately high computational or memory cost so that large numbers of guesses become expensive for an attacker.  \nB. Password Storage: Plaintext, Encryption and Hashing  \n• Plaintext storage: The original password is stored directly. A database leak therefore exposes users' passwords immediately and can also expose passwords reused on other services.  \n• Encryption: Passwords are transformed using an encryption key and can be recovered by someone possessing the key. This is generally not the preferred model for storing passwords because authentication only requires verification, not recovery of the original password.  \n• General-purpose hashing: Functions such ","cbCaiuCi1XqEMWMw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuCi1XqEMWMw","pdf",449047,7,"English","# Abstract\n# I. INTRODUCTION\n## A. Background and Evolution of Password Authentication\n## B. Password Storage: Plaintext, Encryption and Hashing\n## C. Statement of the Problem\n## D. Research Objectives and Scope\n# II. LITERATURE SURVEY AND CATEGORICAL REVIEW","[{\"question\":\"Why is secure password storage critical for authentication security?\",\"answer\":\"Security depends strongly on how credentials are stored and how authentication workflows are implemented. 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