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EFAIL

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Efail, also written EFAIL, is a security hole in email systems with which content can be transmitted in encrypted form. [1]

17 relations: Block cipher mode of operation, Ciphertext, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, Danny O'Brien (journalist), Electronic Frontier Foundation, Email, Email encryption, Encryption, Heinz Heise, HTML element, HTML email, JavaScript, Pretty Good Privacy, Return-oriented programming, S/MIME, USENIX, Vulnerability (computing).

Block cipher mode of operation

In cryptography, a block cipher mode of operation is an algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide an information service such as confidentiality or authenticity.

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Ciphertext

In cryptography, ciphertext or cyphertext is the result of encryption performed on plaintext using an algorithm, called a cipher.

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Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system provides a reference-method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures.

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Danny O'Brien (journalist)

Danny O'Brien (born 1969) is an English technology journalist and civil liberties activist.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.

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Email

Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices.

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Email encryption

Email encryption is encryption of email messages to protect the content from being read by other entities than the intended recipients.

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Encryption

In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding a message or information in such a way that only authorized parties can access it and those who are not authorized cannot.

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Heinz Heise

Heinz Heise is a publishing house based in Hanover, Germany.

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HTML element

An HTML element is an individual component of an HTML document or web page, once this has been parsed into the Document Object Model.

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HTML email

HTML email is the use of a subset of HTML to provide formatting and semantic markup capabilities in email that are not available with plain text: Text can be linked without displaying a URL, or breaking long URLs into multiple pieces.

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JavaScript

JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a high-level, interpreted programming language.

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Pretty Good Privacy

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication.

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Return-oriented programming

Return-oriented programming (ROP) is a computer security exploit technique that allows an attacker to execute code in the presence of security defenses such as executable space protection and code signing.

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S/MIME

S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a standard for public key encryption and signing of MIME data.

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USENIX

The USENIX Association is the Advanced Computing Systems Association.

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Vulnerability (computing)

In computer security, a vulnerability is a weakness which can be exploited by a Threat Actor, such as an attacker, to perform unauthorized actions within a computer system.

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CVE-2017-17688, CVE-2017-17689, Efail (security vulnerability).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFAIL

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