[kwlug-disc] Decades-old PGP bug allowed hackers to spoof just about anyone’s signature

Ronald Barnes ron at ronaldbarnes.ca
Thu Jun 14 21:03:43 EDT 2018


Hi,

Thought I'd forward this to the list as a heads-up:



For their entire existence, some of the world's most widely used email 
encryption tools have been vulnerable to hacks that allowed attackers to 
spoof the digital signature of just about any person with a public key, 
a researcher said Wednesday.

> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/06/decades-old-pgp-bug-allowed-hackers-to-spoof-just-about-anyones-signature/


Regards,

r b

(Apologies if this is a duplicate - hasn't shown up in my inbox yet.)




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