New research has heightened an already urgent call to abandon SHA-1, a cryptographic algorithm still used in many popular online services.
Tag Archives: PGP
OpenPGP experts targeted by long-feared ‘poisoning’ attack
Somebody out there has taken a big dislike to Robert J. Hansen (‘rjh’) and Daniel Kahn Gillmor (‘dkg’), two well-regarded experts in the specialised world of OpenPGP email encryption.
The EFAIL vulnerability – why it’s OK to keep on using email
The EFAIL bug shows how to trick some mail clients into turning the email encryption tools S/MIME and OpenPGP against themselves.
Practical IT: What you need to know about email encryption
When email was invented over 40 years ago, no one thought about how to ensure the integrity of messages. Here’s what you need to know about securing email with the right kind of encryption.
We need to talk about email
Today the people of the world will exchange about 250 *billion* messages using a system that has been shockingly insecure for decades: email. That’s why we need to talk about email…
Google looks to make OpenPGP easier for Gmail users
In early June Google announced a new project designed to create a Chrome plugin to allow end-to-end encryption of web-based emails using OpenPGP. We take a look at its current state and explain how it works.