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Old 5th March 2010
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Default 'Severe' OpenSSL vuln busts public key crypto

From http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03...vulnerability/

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Private keys pilfered through power supply

Computer scientists say they've discovered a "severe vulnerability" in the world's most widely used software encryption package that allows them to retrieve a machine's secret cryptographic key.

The bug in the OpenSSL cryptographic library is significant because the open-source package is used to protect sensitive data in countless applications and operating systems throughout the world. Although the attack technique is difficult to carry out, it could eventually be applied to a wide variety of devices, particularly media players and smartphones with anti-copying mechanisms.
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