March 4, 2010, 11:19AM

Researchers Find Flaw in RSA Authentication

University of Michigan scientists have found they could foil RSA authentication by varying the voltage supply to the holder of the "private key," which would be the consumer's device in the case of copy protection and the retailer or bank in the case of Internet communication. It is highly unlikely that a hacker could use this approach on a large institution, the researchers say. Read the full article. [ScienceDaily]


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