A team of nine academics is warning the world about critical vulnerabilities in the PGP and S/MIME email encryption tools.
The flaws, if exploited, allow an attacker to decrypt sent or received messages, according to the researcher team.
"They might reveal the plaintext of encrypted emails, including encrypted emails sent in the past," researchers said. "There are currently no reliable fixes for the vulnerability."
Researchers promised to publish more details tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15. In the meantime, they are recommending that users stop using PGP and S/MIME for now.
More details
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...rity-flaw/
The flaws, if exploited, allow an attacker to decrypt sent or received messages, according to the researcher team.
"They might reveal the plaintext of encrypted emails, including encrypted emails sent in the past," researchers said. "There are currently no reliable fixes for the vulnerability."
Researchers promised to publish more details tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15. In the meantime, they are recommending that users stop using PGP and S/MIME for now.
More details
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...rity-flaw/