An “efail” in email could let hackers read your encrypted messages

Hackers could be reading your encrypted emails. Here’s how.

Researchers say they have discovered a critical flaw in email security.

Email security is unsafe and cannot be easily fixed, researchers say

Even old messages could be exposed by the bug, say experts

Email encryption standards hacked

A research team from the University of Applied Sciences (FH) in Münster, Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven has demonstrated ...

Security researchers outwit, bypass popular email encryption

Germany's cybersecurity agency says German and Belgian researchers have found a way to outwit two widely used forms of email encryption.

EFail: Why encrypted emails are at risk and how to protect yourself

Researchers from Belgium and Germany uncovered a flaw with tools used to encrypt email messages allowing an attacker to view them in plain text.        

Popular encrypted email standards are unsafe - European...

European researchers have found that the popular PGP and S/MIME email encryption standards are vulnerable to being hacked, leading them to urge people to disable and uninstall them immediately. ...

Security flaw could expose your encrypted emails, researchers warn - CNET

Researchers recommend you disable HTML rendering in your encrypted email clients to stop potential attacks.

Popular encrypted email standards are unsafe: researchers

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European researchers have found that the popular PGP and S/MIME email encryption standards are vulnerable to being hacked and they urge users to disable and uninstall them ...

Researchers have found a vulnerability in two popular email encryption protocols

European security researchers have found an alarming new vulnerability in the most common forms of email encryption. The attack, described in a report published Monday morning, ...

Researchers Warn Of Critical PGP And S/MIME Email Encryption Vulnerabilities

Security researchers are warning anyone who uses PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) or S/MIME for email encryption to disable the scheme in their email clients right away, and to uninstall tools that ...

‘Efail’ exploit exposes popular email encryption schemes

Encrypted emails guarded by common encryption tools are allegedly "susceptible to critical vulnerabilities" that would expose their content to potential hackers. Sebastian ...

Decade-old Efail attack can decrypt previously obtained encrypted e-mails

Researchers explain the attack behind their warning to disable e-mail plugs for now.

Security researchers discover critical flaw in PGP encryption that reveals plaintext

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption tool used to sign emails, documents, directories, and even full hard disks. According to security researcher and professor Sebastian Schninzel of FH ...

PGP: 'Serious' flaw found in secure email tech

The vulnerability affects PGP - a widely used means of encrypting emails.

Researchers warn of critical flaw affecting PGP and S/MIME

Those who use PGP and S/MIME to send secure emails are being advised to cease using and disable the tools with immediate effect following a major security scare. Researcher Sebastian Schinzel, ...

Critical PGP and S/MIME bugs can reveal encrypted e-mails. Uninstall now

The flaws, can expose e-mails sent in the past and "pose an immediate threat."

EFail: Encrypted Email Has a Major, Divisive Flaw

An attack called eFail overcomes the protections of encrypted email standards PGP and S/MIME.

A “serious” flaw has been found in PGP and S/MIME email encryption

Right now there is no fix for the flaw, but there are steps PGP users can take to mitigate the risks. Researchers have announced that a serious flaw has been found in the technology people rely ...