IT experts warn of loophole in email encryption systems

    Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-15 03:28:25|Editor: Mu Xuequan
    Video PlayerClose

    BERLIN, May 14 (Xinhua) -- IT experts in Germany and Belgium have identified a dangerous security flaw in email encryption services, Sebastian Schnitzler, professor for computer safety at the Muenster Technical College, warned on Monday.

    Writing on Twitter, Schnitzler drew attention to "critical weaknesses" in PGP/GPG and S/MIME email encryption services which threaten the security of personal information from hackers. Schnitzler said he and other researchers at the Ruhr University Bochum and KU Leuven (the Catholic University of Leuven) had discovered two pathways through which hackers could access the original text of encrypted emails.

    The academics recommended to government authorities and companies to refrain from using the affected encryption services until updates were released which closed the loophole. Warnings of the security flaw have been widely-publicized in German media reports being called an "#Efail".

    Reacting to the news on Monday, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) highlighted, however, that "#Efail" only posed a threat to users of email encryption services under certain circumstances. In order to succeed, hackers needed to have prior access to the transport route, mail server or email post-box.

    Additionally, the flaw is limited to cases where recipients have activated settings enabling the execution of HTML code and the re-loading of external content. As a consequence, PGP/GPG and S/MIME encryption services could still be used without concern as long as they were "correctly implemented" and "configured safely."

    TOP STORIES
    EDITOR’S CHOICE
    MOST VIEWED
    EXPLORE XINHUANET
    010020070750000000000000011105091371789401
    主站蜘蛛池模板: 最近中文字幕更新8| 美女网站在线观看视频18| 特级做a爰片毛片免费看无码| 女人下边被添全过视频| 午夜gif视频免费120秒| 丁香六月综合网| 精品国产麻豆免费人成网站| 怡红院免费的全部视频| 免费精品无码AV片在线观看| xxxx俄罗斯大白屁股| 特级做a爰片毛片免费看| 国产成人无码区免费A∨视频网站 国产成人无码区免费内射一片色欲 | 一级毛片免费一级直接观看| 男人靠女人免费视频网站在线观看| 国产成视频在线观看| 中文字幕一二三四区2021| 欧美va天堂在线影院| 国产一区二区三区免费在线视频 | 久久久久亚洲AV成人无码电影| 禁忌2电影在线观看完整版免费观看| 国产对白在线观看| zooslook欧美另类dogs| 欧美最猛性xxxxx免费| 国产免费黄色大片| a级片免费视频| 日韩精品中文字幕在线观看| 免费黄色福利视频| 野花日本免费观看高清电影8| 天堂√在线中文官网在线| 久久青青草原综合伊人| 欧美黑人vs亚裔videos| 国产免费av片在线观看播放| 3d动漫精品成人一区二区三| 日本三级片网站| 亚洲色图黄色小说| 高分少女免费观看第一季| 天天干天天天天| 久久精品中文字幕第一页| 男人激烈吮乳吃奶视频免费| 国产最爽的乱淫视频国语对| 一级特黄录像绵费播放|