Security News

Factorization Flaw in TPM Chips Makes Attacks on RSA Private Keys Feasible
2017-10-16 18:05

A flawed Infineon Technology chipset left HP, Lenovo and Microsoft devices open to what is called a 'practical factorization attack,' in which an attacker computes the private part of an RSA key.

RSA Conference Abu Dhabi: A Preview
2017-10-16 17:48

The RSA Conference returns to Abu Dhabi in November, and event organizers Linda Gray Martin and Britta Glade say this year's agenda is packed with new speakers and topics unique to this growing...

Preview: RSA Asia Pacific & Japan Conference 2017 (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-14 18:48

Here's What Not to Miss in SingaporeThe 2017 RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan, to be held July 26-28 in Singapore, will offer a security road map, imparting lessons to practitioners to help...

Preview: RSA Asia Pacific & Japan Conference 2017 (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-25 16:18

Here's What Not to Miss in SingaporeThe 2017 RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan, to be held July 26-28 in Singapore, will offer a security road map, imparting lessons to practitioners to help...

Libgcrypt ‘Sliding Right’ Attack Allows Recovery of RSA-1024 Keys (Threatpost)
2017-07-05 17:48

GnuPG recently patched cryptographic library Libgcrypt, preventing a local side-channel attack; something that could have allowed full key recovery for RSA-1024.

Side-Channel Attack on Libgcrypt Allows RSA Key Recovery (Security Week)
2017-07-05 07:00

The developers of Libgcrypt, the cryptographic library used by the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) implementation of the OpenPGP standard, released an update last week to prevent side-channel attacks...

Researchers Crack 1024-bit RSA Encryption in GnuPG Crypto Library (The Hackers News)
2017-07-04 00:32

Security boffins have discovered a critical vulnerability in a GnuPG cryptographic library that allowed the researchers to completely break RSA-1024 and successfully extract the secret RSA key to...