Decade-old Efail attack can decrypt previously obtained encrypted e-mails
In Summary : Unfixed bugs in widely used e-mail programs make it possible for attackers to obtain the plaintext of messages that are encry...
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In Summary :
Unfixed bugs in widely used e-mail programs make it possible for attackers to obtain the plaintext of messages that are encrypted using the PGP and S/MIME standards, researchers said early Monday morning. The attacks assume that an attacker has possession of the encrypted e-mails and can trick either the original sender or one of the recipients to open an invisible snippet of one of the intercepted messages in a new e-mail. [...]
kindly refer the following link as follow up :
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1308441
Unfixed bugs in widely used e-mail programs make it possible for attackers to obtain the plaintext of messages that are encrypted using the PGP and S/MIME standards, researchers said early Monday morning. The attacks assume that an attacker has possession of the encrypted e-mails and can trick either the original sender or one of the recipients to open an invisible snippet of one of the intercepted messages in a new e-mail. [...]
kindly refer the following link as follow up :
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1308441
