Efail

Critical PGP and S/MIME bugs can reveal encrypted emails—uninstall now (Ars Technica article)

2018/5/14: Screenshot of ARS TECHNICA article about EFAIL.

Given the track record of the researchers and the confirmation from EFF, it's worth heeding the advice to disable PGP and S/MIME in email clients while waiting for more details to be released
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How To Turn PGP Back On As Safely As Possible (EFF article)

2018/05/29: EFF recommendation for PGP users on how to react to the EFAIL vulnerabilities disclosureRead more

Verschlüsselte E-Mails sind nicht sicher (Süddeutsche article)

2018/05/14: Article on the EFAIL vulnerbilities concerning OpenPGP and S/MIME encrypted emailRead more

efail: Outdated Crypto Standards are to blame (Hanno's blog)

2018/05/22: Hanno Böck's thoughts and opinion about the EFAIL vulnerability, OpenPGP and S/MIME,Read more

PGP und S/MIME: E-Mail-Verschlüsselung akut angreifbar (Heise Security article)

2018/05/14: Article on the EFAIL vulnerabilities concerning OpenPGP and S/MIME encrypted emailRead more

What “Efail” Tells Us About Email Vulnerabilities and Disclosure (Lawfare article)

2018/05/24: Article on EFAIL vulnerability, email vulnerabilities and the patching of those vulnerabilities. It questions the safety of emails in generalRead more

Sebastian Schinzel Tweet about EFAIL vunlerability

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Critical Flaws in PGP and S/MIME Tools Can Reveal Encrypted Emails in Plaintext (TheHackerNews article)

2018/05/14: Article on the EFAIL vulnerbilities concerning OpenPGP and S/MIME encrypted emailRead more

People Are Freaking Out That PGP Is ‘Broken’—But You Shouldn’t Be Using It Anyway (Motherboard article)

2018/5/14 - screenshot of a Motherboard article about EFAIL. The title, as well as the incipit of the article, reveal the skepticism of the author about the crypto protocol.

On Monday, the world was reminded once again that the almost 30-year-old encryption
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